Best IT Employers for the 5th Consecutive Year

FINRA Named One of the Best IT Employers for the 5th Consecutive Year
According to IDG’s Computerworld, FINRA ranks as one of the best
places to work in information technology, specifically in the field of
financial regulation. It is the fifth consecutive year that FINRA made
it to Computerworld’s list of top 100 companies.
Computerworld’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information
Officer Steve Randich said, “FINRA has a lot to provide
technologists in terms of a chance to work in pioneering the causes
of investor protection and market integrity. We’re proud that
Computerworld has contributed to empowering technologists to
produce and innovate in accordance to FINRA’s stable role in
financial regulation.”
Randich cited as a prime example Comuterworld’s use of the cloud
to make storage and processing of vast amounts of information
scalable and safe. It has also included improved facility in
performing regulatory analysis by technologists. He also said that
producing open-source software and hosting hackathons has
allowed their technology group in a dynamic environment, inside
and outside the company.
In this year’s list of Best Places to Work in IT, Computerworld had
this to say about FINRA, “The employees at this independent, nongovernmental
regulatory office of securities companies are fully
aware that their employer supports them a 100%.” He adds, “FINRA
also provides ample parental leave benefits for child birth or

adoption, gives a maximum of $5,000 for every child for adoptionrelated
expenses, money for additional emergency support when
regular child-care or elder-care is not available, and allows
adjustable work schedules to aid workers balance their job and
family concerns.
Moreover, FINRA gives workers two paid-vacation-days each year to
do social outreach in their communities and their chosen charities.”
This year’s Best Places to Work in IT list have made it to the
magical circle of organizations which have produced an innovative
and fulfilling IT work environment,” stated Scot Finnie,
Computerworld’s Editor-in-Chief. “In a highly competitive world of
tech skills, these excellent employers can draw highly-talented IT
professionals by offering attractive fringe benefits, fresh educational
opportunities, utilization of cutting-edge digital systems and
challenging, business-centered ventures.”
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is recognized
as the biggest independent securities regulation agency for all firms
operating in the United States. FINRA commits to safeguard the
interests of the investor as well as the integrity of the securities
market through efficient regulation and appurtenant compliance
and technology-based systems. FINRA covers substantially every
aspect of the securities market – beginning with registration and
education of all industry players to evaluation of securities
companies, writing regulations, enforcement of such regulations
and the federal securities laws, and the education of the investing
public in general. Moreover, FINRA conducts investigations and
other regulatory tasks for equities and options markets, including
trade updates and other related industry services. Finally, FINRA
serves as the main administrator for resolutions of disputes for
investors and securities firms.