About Dow Jones Risk & Compliance

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance provides third party risk management and regulatory compliance solutions. Working with clients across the globe, we have created products and services to help companies evaluate third party risks quickly and with confidence.

We deliver research tools and services for on-boarding, vetting and investigation to help companies comply with anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and economic sanctions regulations in mitigating third party risk.

With a global team of expert researchers, flexible delivery options and enriched third party risk data, our suite of compliance solutions empower compliance professionals to quickly and efficiently reduce risks while conserving limited resources.

The Role

The Research Editor's role is to monitor, research, record and update details relating to individuals and entities listed on sanctions and other official lists ("Special Lists") issued by government bodies and regulators around the world, for example, the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the US, national law enforcement bodies or securities regulators.

The Research Editor is key to monitoring the lists content and ensuring updates are processed quickly and accurately while adhering to strict guidelines. Sanctions list content in particularly must be made available to clients promptly to ensure they do not fall short of regulatory screening deadlines.

The lists content set continues to expand with the inclusion of new lists requested by clients. The Research Editor will support the Special Lists team in processing the addition of new lists and must be proficient at analysing and processing large volumes of data.

The Research Editor is responsible for verifying the accuracy of the material he/she adds to the database and for performing checks on Special Lists records.

The Research Editor will support the Manager, Sanctions and Other Official Lists, in identifying and dealing with quality issues and responding to client/sales queries. A keen eye for detail is vital.

Key Responsibilities:

• Locate, record and quality check information on individuals and entities cited on Special Lists as part of the Special Lists program, in line with the Manager's requirements and the group's market-driven targets.
• Carry out searches on Dow Jones Factiva products and publicly available sources to gather all available information on listed individuals and entities.
• As far as possible and following established procedures, check the accuracy of information before entering it on the database.
• Enter information onto the database using the editorial application system.
• Apply classification tags that enable extraction of relational groups.
• Proofread and check own and other people's entries as part of the daily research requirement.
• Operate tracking systems to capture Special List changes.
• Write Due Diligence reports as and when required on an ad-hoc basis.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience Required:

• Fluent English. Professional-level fluency in Korean or French is essential, with Azeri or Turkish in addition an advantage.
• Excellent keyboard skills and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Excel Macros knowledge/Python programming will be an advantage
• Ability to handle large and complex data sets in various formats and experience of web-crawlers will be an advantage.
• Must be able to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent proofreading skills and eye for detail
• Strong knowledge of (and interest in) international affairs
• Good planning and organization skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to accept feedback as a learning opportunity
• Ability to build and maintain good working relationships internally and externally
• Positive outlook on change, self-motivated, flexible and adaptable
• Understanding of the workings of Sanctions Lists will be a significant advantage
• Education to degree level

What we offer?

In return, we offer a professional, progressive and multicultural environment for you to grow both personally as well as a wide range of benefits offered by a global company.

How do you apply?

If you feel that this position matches your skills, experience and motivation please click 'Apply' to submit your CV which must state your current salary and expectations to be considered

Please note only candidates requested for interview will be contacted.

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About Us

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events.

Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 125 years and today has one of the world's largest news gathering operations globally.

It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource

Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).