AML Analytics Specialist: Detect & Model Financial Crime

Wealthsimple Inc.; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier health benefits

Life insurance

20 vacation days

4 wellness days

Unlimited sick days

Mental health days

Employer retirement plan matching

Job summary

Wealthsimple Inc. in Canada is seeking an experienced data expert to strengthen our AML program through data-backed decisions. You will collaborate with product, technology, and compliance teams to stop financial crime while shipping impactful features for clients.

You will create and improve detection models, extract and analyze large datasets, refine risk scores, and develop dashboards to reveal insights for leadership. This role combines data mastery with compliance impact.

Qualifications

• Strong data skills in AML or fraud risk context.
• Proficient with SQL for quantitative analysis and actionable findings.
• Experience using AI tools with validation practices.
• Ability to tell stories and present to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Curious, pragmatic, and able to weigh information for balanced decisions.
• Preferred: AML/compliance experience; viz tools; databases.

Responsibilities

• Create & improve 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 the level of AML risk associated with clients
• Develop dashboards to provide insights that enhance program effectiveness.
• Share AML trends and performance with the AML leadership team

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Storytelling

Stakeholder communication

Intellectual curiosity

Tools

Preset / Superset

Tableau

PowerBI

Snowflake

Redshift

MySQL

Job description

Wealthsimple Inc. in Canada is seeking an experienced data expert to strengthen our AML program through data-backed decisions. You will collaborate with product, technology, and compliance teams to stop financial crime while shipping impactful features for clients.

You will create and improve detection models, extract and analyze large datasets, refine risk scores, and develop dashboards to reveal insights for leadership. This role combines data mastery with compliance impact.