Data Operations, Research Analyst (Chinese Proficiency)
Kharon, Washington, DC, United States
TL;DR Kharon is seeking a full-time, Data Operations Research Analyst who must have reading proficiency in Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) to join our team based in Washington D.C. This position requires in‑office work 4 days a week.
Responsibilities
Monitor new sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies for developments relevant to Kharon’s product.
Conduct research on issues in international affairs that impact business risks and identify relevant data sources.
Drive the curation, publication, maintenance, and quality assurance of datasets.
Perform data validation and reconciliation to support new products and partnership initiatives.
Accurately perform detailed quality assurance of data and develop additional tooling to support these tasks as needed.
Write original code to collect primary data in any number of different languages.
Collaborate cross‑functionally to build new research and develop insights based on Kharon’s existing content.
Report key metrics on projects and share regular updates with stakeholders.
Qualifications
Must have a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, Regional Studies, History, Sociology, or a related field.
Experience with sanctions, export controls, anti‑money laundering or countering the financing of terrorism.
Experience researching issues of international security and economy in high‑risk jurisdictions.
Understanding of securities markets, financial instruments, and investment risk.
Reading proficiency in a critical foreign language (e.g., Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, Farsi, or Spanish).
2+ years experience in coding languages (Python strongly preferred).
2+ years experience using scraping and data‑parsing packages (e.g., Selenium, Scrapy, proxies, Captcha, BeautifulSoup, pandas, etc.).
Experience with or willingness to learn SQL.
Experience with data analysis, data visualization, and graph databases (Neo4j).
Benefits
Fully sponsored medical, dental, and vision.
FSA program for both medical and dependent care.
401(k) + Roth with matching and immediate vesting.
Paid time off + 11 paid holidays.
The base salary range at Kharon is set between $68,000 and $78,000.
Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearance, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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Responsibilities
Monitor new sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies for developments relevant to Kharon’s product.
Conduct research on issues in international affairs that impact business risks and identify relevant data sources.
Drive the curation, publication, maintenance, and quality assurance of datasets.
Perform data validation and reconciliation to support new products and partnership initiatives.
Accurately perform detailed quality assurance of data and develop additional tooling to support these tasks as needed.
Write original code to collect primary data in any number of different languages.
Collaborate cross‑functionally to build new research and develop insights based on Kharon’s existing content.
Report key metrics on projects and share regular updates with stakeholders.
Qualifications
Must have a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, Regional Studies, History, Sociology, or a related field.
Experience with sanctions, export controls, anti‑money laundering or countering the financing of terrorism.
Experience researching issues of international security and economy in high‑risk jurisdictions.
Understanding of securities markets, financial instruments, and investment risk.
Reading proficiency in a critical foreign language (e.g., Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, Farsi, or Spanish).
2+ years experience in coding languages (Python strongly preferred).
2+ years experience using scraping and data‑parsing packages (e.g., Selenium, Scrapy, proxies, Captcha, BeautifulSoup, pandas, etc.).
Experience with or willingness to learn SQL.
Experience with data analysis, data visualization, and graph databases (Neo4j).
Benefits
Fully sponsored medical, dental, and vision.
FSA program for both medical and dependent care.
401(k) + Roth with matching and immediate vesting.
Paid time off + 11 paid holidays.
The base salary range at Kharon is set between $68,000 and $78,000.
Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearance, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
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