Technical Writer

Essex Lake Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex Lake Group is seeking a Technical Writer in their Finance or Risk team. The successful candidate will document financial models and support governance, requiring strong analytical and technical skills along with experience in financial services. The role involves close collaboration with finance and risk teams to ensure compliance and clarity across documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in banking or financial services, preferably in risk modeling.
• Ability to write clearly for various audiences.
• Expertise in translating complex concepts into user-friendly documentation.

Responsibilities

• Document, track, and support governance of financial and risk models.
• Ensure adherence to internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with model developers and finance professionals.

Skills

Technical skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

M.Tech, MBA or master's degree from a premier institution

Tools

SAS

Python

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

With global headquarters in New York, U.S.A. and operations in India, Canada, China and the United Kingdom, Essex Lake Group LLC (“Essex”) delivers transformative profit enhancement solutions, anchored on insights from Big Data, Advanced Analytics and its extensive executive and industry experience.

Essex’ customized battle-tested solutions deliver a measurable positive impact within 6 to 18 months. Essex solutions have created substantial profit increases for clients in the areas of revenue growth, cost reduction, consumer and enterprise risk management / regulatory compliance. Every Essex solution is customized for the client and the specific problem or opportunity. Essex has proven success and experience in working with leading Financial Institutions (Banking, Insurance, Private Equity), Telecommunication and Healthcare companies. Essex delivers visibility in complex businesses to help clients make sound business decisions and its experienced industry experts work with clients through full implementation of its solutions to ensure the organization receives all the benefits from its solutions and methodologies. Further information on the company can be found on its website : www.essexlg.com .

Position : Technical Writer

Location : Toronto, Canada

Position Summary :

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our Finance or Risk team as a Financial Models / Non-Models Documentation Technical Writer. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical and analytical skills to document, track, and support the governance of financial and risk models and non-model tools. You will play a key role in ensuring that the documentation adheres to internal standards, regulatory requirements (such as SR 11-7), and industry best practices. This role requires close collaboration with model developers, validators, risk officers, and finance professionals.

Required Qualifications :

• M.Tech, MBA, or master’s degree from a premier academic institution with strong academic

performance.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in banking or financial services, preferably in risk modeling,
• Ability to thrive within an active environment with a high level of ambiguity with the need to be

agile and adapt to last-minute changes / events.

• Ability to write clearly, concisely, and accurately for a variety of audiences (e.g., technical staff,

business stakeholders)

• Expertise in translating complex financial and technical concepts into user-friendly documentation.
• Strong communications, relationship management & presentation skills. Must be comfortable in

working with executive levels up to / including VP's, senior executives.

• Highly motivated individual with a proven track record of delivering results through ambiguity.
• Ability and demonstrated experience in exercising sound judgment, dealing with sensitive

information and situations.

• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills coupled with an ability to coordinate

multiple priorities and deliver high quality work under pressure.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral; active listener and ability to distill and

consolidate information into clear and concise information.

• Exposure to risk or fraud modeling experience in financial institutions will be a plus.
• Knowledge of modeling techniques like regression, classification and machine learning algorithms will be a plus.
• Technical proficiency in SAS, Python, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI will be a plus
• Willing to work in an international environment
• Team player
• Good interpersonal skills
• Well organized
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines on time

About Essex Lake Group LLC

With global headquarters in New York, U.S.A. and operations in India, Canada, China and the United Kingdom, Essex Lake Group LLC (“Essex”) delivers transformative profit enhancing solutions, anchored on insights from Big Data, Advanced Analytics and its extensive executive and industry experience. Essex’ customized battle-tested solutions deliver a measurable positive impact within 6 to 18 months. Essex solutions have created substantial profit increases for clients in the areas of revenue growth, cost reduction, consumer and enterprise risk management regulatory compliance. Every Essex solution is customized for the client and the specific problem or opportunity. Essex has proven success and specific experience in the Financial Services, Retail Banking, Telecommunications, Insurance, Healthcare and Media & Entertainment industries, as well as others.

Essex delivers visibility in complex businesses to help clients make sound business decisions and its experienced industry experts work with clients through full implementation of its solutions to ensure the organization receives all the benefits from its solutions and methodologies. Further information on the company can be found on its website : www.essexlg.com