Senior Associate, AML Analytics

Summary

Join Wealthsimple's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) team as a data expert and contribute to a mission of helping everyone achieve financial freedom. You will create and improve detection models, analyze large datasets to identify financial crime patterns, refine risk-scoring models, and develop insightful dashboards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, share AML trends with senior leadership, and make data-backed decisions to adjust AML detection and operations strategy. This role requires strong data skills, experience with SQL, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Wealthsimple offers a competitive salary, top-tier health benefits, retirement savings matching, generous paid time off, wellness and professional development budgets, and a remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• Has strong data skills with applied experience in a risk function like AML or fraud
• Experience using SQL to conduct quantitative analysis, and synthesizing results into actionable proposals
• Can develop and communicate stories to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Is able to internalize and weigh information to come to balanced decisions
• Is intellectually curious and passionate about their work

Responsibilities

• Create & improve detection models to identify transaction patterns and suspicious activities while minimizing false positives
• Extract, transform, and analyze large datasets to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies related to financial crime
• Refine risk-scoring models to quantify the level of AML risk associated with clients
• Develop dashboards to provide insights that enhance program effectiveness
• Share AML trends and performance with senior AML leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in AML or a compliance function
• Experience working with data visualization softwares such as Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, etc
• Experience working with databases like Snowflake, Redshift, MySQL
• A financial crime related certification (e.g. CAMS, CFCS, CFE)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
• 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
• Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
• 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
• A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
• Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
• We’re a remote-first team