Legal & Regulatory Analyst

Legal & Regulatory Analysts are a key part of Octus’ editorial team. They provide a comprehensive understanding of legal regulatory and legislative processes and are critical in helping us provide our subscribers with excellent reporting and analysis of special situations.

This is a New York City-based position with an in-office requirement of 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day coverage of regulatory proceedings rulemakings legislative developments and litigations across a wide variety of cases industries and jurisdictions
• Report on developments on a short time frame and in accordance with Octus’ style guide
• Prepare long-form analysis of legal regulatory and legislative developments
• Collaborate with Octus’ financial analysts and reporters to enhance editorial product
• Participate in teleconferences and meetings with subscribers seeking expert analysis
• Publish stories completely on time and correctly
• Utilize Octus’ legal editorial product editorial workflow and practices effectively

Requirements

• Graduate with excellent academic record and 1-3 years experience as legislative or regulatory staffer or a position involving other legal or regulatory analysis 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment 
• Enjoys creative problem-solving and looks to take on new challenges
• The willingness and ability to travel occasionally for hearings and other industry events
• A working familiarity with legislative and regulatory processes
• Experience with health care regulation and policy a plus

At Octus we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions including experience skills location and our business needs and limitations. As a result compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The salary range estimate for this position is $85000 - $100000 

The actual compensation will be at Octus’ sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for an annual year-end performance bonus.

What We Do

Octus was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading refinancing distress and restructuring we follow every development across leveraged loans high-yield bonds private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents surface risks benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations uncover opportunities manage portfolios execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today nearly 40000 professionals across the world’s leading banks asset managers CLO managers law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth depth and rigor forged over more than a decade and for the speed integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation collapse the distance between intelligence and execution and transform insight into impact. Because in credit clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.

Why Work With Us

Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts this is the place.

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