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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove sections like "Who We Are", "Our Total Rewards Package", "Additional Information", "Colleague Development", "Training & Onboarding", "Interview Process", "Accommodation", etc unless they contain substantive content relevant to role? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Who We Are" etc might be considered boilerplate? Not exactly legal but could be considered company description. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep relevant info about role: Work Location, Hours, Line Of Business, Pay Detail, Job Description (including Depth & Scope, Education & Experience, Customer Accountabilities, Shareholder Accountabilities, Employee/Team Accountabilities, Physical Requirements). Also maybe "Our Total Rewards Package" includes benefits info; we could include Benefits section if there is specific content. The posting includes description of Total Rewards package: base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards, health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, reward and recognition. That's substantive benefits info. So we should include a Benefits section with that content.
Pay section: we have Pay Detail $115,000 - $200,000 USD and note about base pay may vary etc. That's specific. So include Pay.
Schedule: we have Hours 40 (presumably 40 hours per week). That's schedule info. So include Schedule.
We also have Work Location and Line Of Business maybe under About the role? Could be part of About the role section. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which headings to use based on content.
We have:
- About the role: could include Work Location, Hours, Line Of Business, maybe a brief summary? The job description includes "Provides market research support..." That's responsibilities.
- Responsibilities: we have many bullet-like paragraphs under Job Description, Depth & Scope, Customer Accountabilities, Shareholder Accountabilities, Employee/Team Accountabilities. Those are responsibilities.
- Requirements: Education & Experience (Undergraduate degree, 2+ years related experience, FINRA SIE, Series 63, 86 & 87, or willing to obtain, CFA preferred, Masters or PhD preferred). Also maybe Depth & Scope includes expertise.
- Qualifications: maybe similar to Requirements; but we can combine? The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly Skills? Could extract skills from responsibilities but not explicit list. Might not need Skills.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specific content.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the details as they appear, but we can format as - for lists. For prose, use
. We must not repeat job title.
We need to strip boilerplate: lines like "TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities..." maybe part of Pay detail? It's about compensation policies; could be considered part of Pay section? It's substantive about compensation philosophy. Might keep as part of Pay section.
Also "Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features..." maybe part of Benefits? Could be considered part of Benefits or About the role. Might keep in Benefits? But it's not a benefit per se. Could be part of About the role.
We need to remove duplicated lines: there are repeated sentences about "Keeps abreast of market data..." appears in both Customer Accountabilities and Shareholder Accountabilities (similar). We should keep both? They are duplicated lines; instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate. Let's identify duplicates:
Customer Accountabilities includes: "Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants"
Shareholder Accountabilities includes: "Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) at all times to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants"
They are very similar but not identical (Shareholder adds "at all times"). Might be considered duplicated? Probably we should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. If they are not exactly identical, maybe keep both? Safer to keep both but note they are similar. However to follow instruction, we could deduplicate by keeping one version (maybe the more detailed). Let's keep the Shareholder Accountabilities version (includes "at all times") and drop the Customer one? But Customer also includes other items like compiling data etc. So we need to keep Customer Accountabilities content but remove the duplicated sentence about keeping abreast of market data. So we will edit Customer Accountabilities to exclude that sentence.
Similarly Employee/Team Accountabilities includes many items; we need to keep them.
Physical Requirements: we have a list of percentages; we should keep that as is.
Now we need to format.
Let's extract content:
Work Location: New York, New York, United States of America
Hours: 40
Line Of Business: TD Securities
Pay Detail: $115,000 - $200,000 USD
Additional compensation notes: TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities... (the paragraph about compensation policies). We'll include that under Pay.
Job Description: "Provides market research support in compiling and publishing high quality, comprehensive analysis and research on individual corporations, industries, financial markets, and economic developments as assigned."
Depth & Scope: paragraph starting "Expert level professional role..." etc.
Customer Accountabilities: list of bullet-like sentences (we need to turn into
- ). We'll need to parse each sentence separated by line breaks? In the source they are separated by line breaks? Actually they are continuous sentences separated by spaces? Let's copy:
"Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data, conducting modeling on multiple data inputs related to assigned:companies/industries and/orfinancial markets and economic analysis research reports (e.g., initiating coverage reports, thematic reports, quarterly reporting initiatives, and marketing packages)Assists in the development of valuation tools and provides advice to institutional clientsAssists in the preparation of forecasting models (e.g., forecast quarterly and annual earnings)Maintains and enhances financial models and databasesStays current on market data, economic information, and key industry developments as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisionsDevelops and maintains contact with market participantsWorks closely with senior research leads on the ongoing publication of research reports and may assist with ad hoc projects as assignedMay have interaction with clients; develops and presents client presentations"
We need to split into logical items. Could treat each sentence before a capital letter after a period? But there are no periods inside except maybe after "assigned:"? Actually there is a colon then no space? Hard. We'll approximate by splitting at each capital letter that starts a new verb after a lowercase? Might be messy. Simpler: we can keep as a single
for Customer Accountabilities? But instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This is a list of duties, so we should make list items. We can manually split by the phrases separated by "Assists" etc. Let's identify:
1. Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data, conducting modeling on multiple data inputs related to assigned: companies/industries and/or financial markets and economic analysis research reports (e.g., initiating coverage reports, thematic reports, quarterly reporting initiatives, and marketing packages)
2. Assists in the development of valuation tools and provides advice to institutional clients
3. Assists in the preparation of forecasting models (e.g., forecast quarterly and annual earnings)
4. Maintains and enhances financial models and databases
5. Stays current on market data, economic information, and key industry developments as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions
6. Develops and maintains contact with market participants
7. Works closely with senior research leads on the ongoing publication of research reports and may assist with ad hoc projects as assigned
8. May have interaction with clients; develops and presents client presentations
We need to remove duplicated sentence about staying current (duplicate with Shareholder). So we will remove item 5 from Customer Accountabilities.
Now Shareholder Accountabilities: list:
- Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) at all times to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants
- Demonstrates governance, control, and risk management behaviors in alignment with TD policies and practices
- Adheres to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area
- Ensures respective programs/policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities
- Consistently exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information, and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate
- Participates in cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations
- Conducts internal and external research projects; support the development/delivery of presentations and communications to management or broader audience
- Conducts meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions, make recommendations, assess the effectiveness of programs/policies/practices
- Monitors service, productivity, and assess efficiency levels within own function and implement continuous process/performance improvements where opportunities exist
- Actively manages relationships within and across various business lines, corporate, and/or control functions and ensures alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
- Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
Employee/Team Accountabilities list:
- Participates fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork, and ensure timely communication of issues/points of interest
- Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
- Keeps current on emerging trends/developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools, and techniques
- Participates in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
- Keeps others informed and up to date about the status/progress of projects and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
- Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices
- Leads, motivates, and develops relationships with internal and external business partners/stakeholders to develop productive working relationships
- Contributes to a fair, positive, and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
- Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally
Physical Requirements: we have a list of activities with percentages. We'll keep as list.
Education & Experience: list:
- Undergraduate degree
- 2+ years related experience
- FINRA SIE, Series 63, 86 & 87, or willing
- for lists. For prose, use
. We must not repeat job title. We need to strip boilerplate: lines like "TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities..." maybe part of Pay detail? It's about compensation policies; could be considered part of Pay section? It's substantive about compensation philosophy. Might keep as part of Pay section. Also "Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features..." maybe part of Benefits? Could be considered part of Benefits or About the role. Might keep in Benefits? But it's not a benefit per se. Could be part of About the role. We need to remove duplicated lines: there are repeated sentences about "Keeps abreast of market data..." appears in both Customer Accountabilities and Shareholder Accountabilities (similar). We should keep both? They are duplicated lines; instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate. Let's identify duplicates: Customer Accountabilities includes: "Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants" Shareholder Accountabilities includes: "Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) at all times to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants" They are very similar but not identical (Shareholder adds "at all times"). Might be considered duplicated? Probably we should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. If they are not exactly identical, maybe keep both? Safer to keep both but note they are similar. However to follow instruction, we could deduplicate by keeping one version (maybe the more detailed). Let's keep the Shareholder Accountabilities version (includes "at all times") and drop the Customer one? But Customer also includes other items like compiling data etc. So we need to keep Customer Accountabilities content but remove the duplicated sentence about keeping abreast of market data. So we will edit Customer Accountabilities to exclude that sentence. Similarly Employee/Team Accountabilities includes many items; we need to keep them. Physical Requirements: we have a list of percentages; we should keep that as is. Now we need to format. Let's extract content: Work Location: New York, New York, United States of America Hours: 40 Line Of Business: TD Securities Pay Detail: $115,000 - $200,000 USD Additional compensation notes: TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities... (the paragraph about compensation policies). We'll include that under Pay. Job Description: "Provides market research support in compiling and publishing high quality, comprehensive analysis and research on individual corporations, industries, financial markets, and economic developments as assigned." Depth & Scope: paragraph starting "Expert level professional role..." etc. Customer Accountabilities: list of bullet-like sentences (we need to turn into
- ). We'll need to parse each sentence separated by line breaks? In the source they are separated by line breaks? Actually they are continuous sentences separated by spaces? Let's copy:
"Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data, conducting modeling on multiple data inputs related to assigned:companies/industries and/orfinancial markets and economic analysis research reports (e.g., initiating coverage reports, thematic reports, quarterly reporting initiatives, and marketing packages)Assists in the development of valuation tools and provides advice to institutional clientsAssists in the preparation of forecasting models (e.g., forecast quarterly and annual earnings)Maintains and enhances financial models and databasesStays current on market data, economic information, and key industry developments as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisionsDevelops and maintains contact with market participantsWorks closely with senior research leads on the ongoing publication of research reports and may assist with ad hoc projects as assignedMay have interaction with clients; develops and presents client presentations"
We need to split into logical items. Could treat each sentence before a capital letter after a period? But there are no periods inside except maybe after "assigned:"? Actually there is a colon then no space? Hard. We'll approximate by splitting at each capital letter that starts a new verb after a lowercase? Might be messy. Simpler: we can keep as a single
for Customer Accountabilities? But instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This is a list of duties, so we should make list items. We can manually split by the phrases separated by "Assists" etc. Let's identify: 1. Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data, conducting modeling on multiple data inputs related to assigned: companies/industries and/or financial markets and economic analysis research reports (e.g., initiating coverage reports, thematic reports, quarterly reporting initiatives, and marketing packages) 2. Assists in the development of valuation tools and provides advice to institutional clients 3. Assists in the preparation of forecasting models (e.g., forecast quarterly and annual earnings) 4. Maintains and enhances financial models and databases 5. Stays current on market data, economic information, and key industry developments as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions 6. Develops and maintains contact with market participants 7. Works closely with senior research leads on the ongoing publication of research reports and may assist with ad hoc projects as assigned 8. May have interaction with clients; develops and presents client presentations We need to remove duplicated sentence about staying current (duplicate with Shareholder). So we will remove item 5 from Customer Accountabilities. Now Shareholder Accountabilities: list: - Keeps abreast of market data, economic information, and key industry developments, as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) at all times to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisions; develop and maintain contacts with market participants - Demonstrates governance, control, and risk management behaviors in alignment with TD policies and practices - Adheres to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area - Ensures respective programs/policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities - Consistently exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information, and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate - Participates in cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations - Conducts internal and external research projects; support the development/delivery of presentations and communications to management or broader audience - Conducts meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions, make recommendations, assess the effectiveness of programs/policies/practices - Monitors service, productivity, and assess efficiency levels within own function and implement continuous process/performance improvements where opportunities exist - Actively manages relationships within and across various business lines, corporate, and/or control functions and ensures alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements - Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite Employee/Team Accountabilities list: - Participates fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork, and ensure timely communication of issues/points of interest - Provides thought leadership and/or industry knowledge for own area of expertise and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit - Keeps current on emerging trends/developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools, and techniques - Participates in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team - Keeps others informed and up to date about the status/progress of projects and/or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities - Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices - Leads, motivates, and develops relationships with internal and external business partners/stakeholders to develop productive working relationships - Contributes to a fair, positive, and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce - Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally Physical Requirements: we have a list of activities with percentages. We'll keep as list. Education & Experience: list: - Undergraduate degree - 2+ years related experience - FINRA SIE, Series 63, 86 & 87, or willing
- ). We'll need to parse each sentence separated by line breaks? In the source they are separated by line breaks? Actually they are continuous sentences separated by spaces? Let's copy:
"Compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data, conducting modeling on multiple data inputs related to assigned:companies/industries and/orfinancial markets and economic analysis research reports (e.g., initiating coverage reports, thematic reports, quarterly reporting initiatives, and marketing packages)Assists in the development of valuation tools and provides advice to institutional clientsAssists in the preparation of forecasting models (e.g., forecast quarterly and annual earnings)Maintains and enhances financial models and databasesStays current on market data, economic information, and key industry developments as well as internal policies and regulatory standards (as communicated by Compliance) to assist in maximizing profitability through sound and well-informed decisionsDevelops and maintains contact with market participantsWorks closely with senior research leads on the ongoing publication of research reports and may assist with ad hoc projects as assignedMay have interaction with clients; develops and presents client presentations"
We need to split into logical items. Could treat each sentence before a capital letter after a period? But there are no periods inside except maybe after "assigned:"? Actually there is a colon then no space? Hard. We'll approximate by splitting at each capital letter that starts a new verb after a lowercase? Might be messy. Simpler: we can keep as a single