Global Sanctions & Data Research Analyst

Kharon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

FSA program

Long-term disability

401k + Roth with matching

Flexible paid time off + 11 holidays

Job summary

Kharon is seeking a full-time Research Analyst in NYC or Washington, D.C. to attend in-office 4 days a week. You will monitor sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity, curate datasets, perform data validation, and support new product initiatives.

You’ll conduct open-source research on international affairs, develop datasets, write code to automate analysis, and collaborate with the Research team to surface insights and metrics for internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 1–3 years of professional experience with sanctions, export controls, AML or CTF; research on international security/economy in high-risk jurisdictions.
• Experience with or willingness to learn SQL.
• Experience with data analysis, data visualization, and graph databases (Neo4J).
• Understanding of or willingness to learn web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XPath, JSON).

Responsibilities

• Monitor sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies for developments relevant to Kharon's products.
• Drive curation, publication, maintenance, and QA of datasets.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation to support new products and partnerships.
• Research international affairs issues that impact business risks and identify relevant data sources.
• Quality assure data and develop tooling to support analysis.
• Write code to automate data collection, cleaning, and enhancements.

Skills

SQL

data analysis

graph databases

Neo4J

web technologies

HTML

JavaScript

CSS

XPath

JSON

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Neo4J graph database

HTML/CSS/JS

XPath

Job description

Kharon is seeking a full-time Research Analyst in NYC or Washington, D.C. to attend in-office 4 days a week. You will monitor sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity, curate datasets, perform data validation, and support new product initiatives.

You’ll conduct open-source research on international affairs, develop datasets, write code to automate analysis, and collaborate with the Research team to surface insights and metrics for internal stakeholders.