Senior Director, Graph Solutions - Any Finra Location

The Advanced Analytics Senior Director of Graph Solutions is an experienced leader in developing business solutions with investigators, examiners, analysts, and attorneys utilizing graph analytics and related business process integrations. The candidate has a track record of excellence harnessing and expanding the intelligence and analytical capabilities of graph to identify complex behaviors of interest, uncover hidden relationships, solve novel problems, and improve regulatory decision making. This role requires extensive subject matter expertise in the business application of graph analytics (which forms the basis of the knowledge graph tool being implemented for enterprise use) and in leveraging graph’s capabilities and functionalities to expand the scope, speed, and effectiveness of detection, investigation, analysis, and decision making within FINRA’s Regulatory Operations. On a day-to-day basis, the Senior Director is responsible for working with business partners in Member Supervision, Market Regulation, Enforcement (i.e. Regulatory Operations), and Technology to identify solutions using graph techniques and functionality that enhances detection, improves investigative processes, and augments the expertise of staff. Importantly, the Senior Director is critical to the adoption and use of graph analytics tools with a focus on implementing strategies that generate awareness, build knowledge, and create ongoing demand for additional capabilities. This requires building lasting partnerships not only with business partners and leaders but with Technology teams (including Product Management), Communications staff, Change Management partners, Training teams, and Advanced Analytics leadership. Success in this role will heavily support the mission of Regulatory Operations in identifying and addressing misconduct through timely identification of behaviors and activities that harm investors or markets.

The Senior Director must listen to and understand business partner needs and work closely with the Product Managers and Technology to develop product outcomes that bring ongoing value to business partners and users. The role will partner with leadership and staff across Advanced Analytics, Regulatory Operations, and Fusion Team(s), and will help focus business teams on measuring business value and outcomes, including operational effectiveness, efficiency gains, detection of unknown behaviors, and risk reduction for investors, members, and FINRA.

Essential Job Functions:

Within the role, the Senior Director will:

• Leverage subject matter expertise to proactively engage with business partners to strategize and design solutions that improve detection, investigation of activities, and decision-making utilizing graph analytics and visualizations
• Identify additional opportunities to enhance and expand relevant datasets and functionality within the graph analytics tools for use across the enterprise
• Develop training and business enablement content to ensure understanding and use of graph capabilities to support business goals and objectives; work with Regulatory Operations training teams to build out effective training and enablement plan for greatest impact in leveraging benefits of graph analytics and visualizations
• Gather, recommend, and communicate solutions, processes, opportunities, challenges, and success criteria based on investigatory expertise to partners in Regulatory Operations and Technology and data analytic teams who will create or enhance solutions, tools, and models
• Work closely with the graph analytics Fusion Team and Product Management to communicate business needs, build capabilities, and deploy functionality
• Champion and deliver demonstrations and presentations to teams, leadership, and Board to highlight outcomes, and articulate benefits to encourage and support broader adoption across the enterprise
• Help define and validate success criteria for business partners where graph tools can enable them to succeed at accomplishing their goals and objectives
• Rely upon design thinking / growth mindset to approach business problems with a strategic view
• Provide feedback regarding solutions, tools, and platforms with a view of strategic priorities
• Work with necessary parties to create and implement roll-out processes and best practice guidance for ongoing tool use
• Champion new graph capabilities, functions, and processes within and across Regulatory Operations and the enterprise

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of 12 years of investigative experience in a regulatory, law enforcement, consulting, or compliance role focused on financial services
• Minimum 4 years of experience working with graph analytics toolsets
• Demonstrate superior investigative and analysis skills
• Able to