Associate, AML Analytics

Wealthsimple
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 100,000 - 125,000 annuallyFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceSkills: ["Communication","Judgment","Stakeholder management","Intellectual curiosity"]

Build and improve Wealthsimple’s anti-money laundering (AML) detection analytics. Use SQL and large datasets to identify patterns, anomalies, and suspicious transaction activity, then refine risk-scoring models to reduce false positives. Develop dashboards and communicate AML trends and performance to leadership while collaborating with product, technology, and compliance teams to strengthen the AML program.

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Associate, AML Analytics

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Job Summary

Build and improve Wealthsimple’s anti-money laundering (AML) detection analytics. Use SQL and large datasets to identify patterns, anomalies, and suspicious transaction activity, then refine risk-scoring models to reduce false positives. Develop dashboards and communicate AML trends and performance to leadership while collaborating with product, technology, and compliance teams to strengthen the AML program.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Create and improve AML detection models to identify unusual 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 AML risk for clients.
  • •Develop dashboards that provide insights to enhance program effectiveness.
  • •Share AML trends and performance with AML leadership.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 100,000 - 125,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsurancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Applied experience in a risk function such as AML or fraud.
  • •Experience using SQL to run quantitative analysis and turn results into actionable proposals.
  • •Ability to use AI tools efficiently, with judgment to validate outputs.
  • •Ability to develop and communicate data stories to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • •Preferred: experience working in AML/compliance and with data visualization tools (Preset/Superset, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI).
Skills:CommunicationJudgmentStakeholder managementIntellectual curiosity
Tech Stack:SQLAIPresetSupersetTableauLookerPowerBISnowflakeRedshiftMySQL

Company Brief

Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple is a Canadian fintech offering automated investing, savings, tax filing, crypto trading, and cash accounts with a focus on low-cost, user-friendly financial services for retail customers.
Industry: Wealth Management
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Headquarters: Toronto, Canada
Founded: 2014
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