Senior Associate, Brokerage Risk - Money Owed

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $70 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the Brokerage Risk, Money-Owed Team:  

The Brokerage Risk Money-Owed team at Wealthsimple operates in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where priorities shift quickly to address market changes and client needs. We focus on resolving and mitigating account debits while ensuring timely client reimbursements. Our team embraces Wealthsimple's Maker Owner and The Client culture values as we continuously enhance our processes for identifying and addressing negative balances, serving as Project Owners and Processors. We take naive ambition seriously, constantly seeking innovative approaches to debt resolution while working closely with various stakeholders such as product, compliance, and market risk to operationalize efficient reimbursement workflows and contribute meaningfully to building a client-first brokerage business.

About the role:

As a Senior Associate in the Brokerage Risk, Money Owed team, you’ll have exposure owning some of our projects, such as monitoring delinquencies into our investing product. As the team matures, we’re looking for a Senior candidate to explore opportunities within AI, mentor our small, diverse team and evolve our processes in new and exciting spaces. Your impact on these projects saves Wealthsimple millions of dollars quarter by quarter, as well as reimbursing our clients and edging Canadians closer to financial freedom!

• Drive innovation and efficiency - Build and optimize our risk management processes as we launch exciting new products that help more people grow their wealth.
• Create data-driven solutions - Develop analytical frameworks that evaluate how our processes are performing and identify opportunities to make them even better.
• Monitor account risk daily - Keep a close eye on non-margin accounts holding securities and options, ensuring we follow our established policies to protect our clients.
• Take swift action when needed - Implement remedial measures for accounts in debit or high-risk situations, following our proven procedures to maintain account health.
• Turn insights into impact - Work with teams across Wealthsimple to transform data into clear recommendations, spot improvement opportunities, and enhance our systems and policies.
• Grow our team - Support and mentor junior colleagues while helping build the collaborative, growth-focused culture that makes Wealthsimple special.

• Deep experience in operational optimization, quantitative analysis, or similar roles.
• Strong technical skills with proficiency in Excel, Python, SQL, or similar tools for data analysis.
• DFOL Certification. OSC & IDSC would be great too!
• Experience working with large datasets and deriving meaningful insights
• You're passionate about the fintech and alternative investment space, always curious to dig into day-to-day issues and find smart solutions.
• You're a detail-oriented problem-solver who thrives under pressure, expertly managing multiple time-sensitive tasks while quickly adapting to challenges in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• You excel at communication and collaboration, working effectively with cross-functional teams and partners.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 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, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.