Team Lead, AML Operations

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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 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 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.

The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) team is responsible for the detection, response, and mitigation of inherent and residual money laundering and terrorist financing risks. As a Team Lead, you’ll lead a team of Analysts focused on monitoring and investigating fiat and cryptocurrency transactions and risks. You'll drive proactive workflow improvements, navigate emerging AML typologies, and support your team’s continuous learning, helping set the standard for digital asset financial crime controls in Canada.

• Lead and develop a team of AML analysts, supporting their growth through coaching, regular 1:1s, feedback, and career conversations.
• Set expectations and prioritization: communicate team and company goals, help analysts manage their workload, and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Review and approve high-priority or complex investigations, ensuring adherence to internal AML policies and regulatory standards.
• Champion operational excellence by monitoring team metrics (case turnaround, QA scores), analyzing trends, and acting on process or workflow gaps.
• Utilize and help train the team on blockchain analytics tools, and support analysts in escalation and technical troubleshooting.
• Act as a subject matter expert in financial crime (traditional fiat and/or cryptocurrency), staying up-to-date on typologies, regulatory changes, and emerging risks.
• Drive improvement and innovation by proposing and piloting enhancements to alerts, casework, and overall risk strategy for fiat and crypto activity.
• Ensure clear communication with stakeholders: giving proactive updates, escalating issues, and following through to resolution.
• Foster a learning culture by leading regular knowledge-sharing or calibration sessions, supporting ongoing training, and spotlighting growth opportunities.

• A hands‑on leader and coach: strong at guiding others, giving feedback, and helping people stretch into new skills.
• Passionate about AML: in-depth understanding of fiat and/or digital asset transaction monitoring, typologies, and regulatory best practices.
• Accountable for results: data‑driven, able to track and explain team performance, and agile in addressing emerging bottlenecks.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change: pro‑actively finds improvement opportunities and leads the team through new workflows, system rollouts, or policy changes.
• A great communicator: skilled at translating complex findings into plain language, and keeping both analysts and management informed.
• Resilient and resourceful: sees challenges as chances to grow, and acts as a calm anchor in fast‑evolving or high‑pressure situations.

• 4+ years of experience in AML/CTF, with 2+ years of hands‑on crypto AML experience (e.g., at a crypto exchange, blockchain analytics provider, or fintech offering digital assets).
• 1‑2+ years in a team leadership role, coaching or managing direct reports in an operational environment.
• Subject‑matter expertise in AML controls, typologies, and compliance frameworks (FATF, FINTRAC, etc.).
• Direct experience conducting investigations and preparing, filing, and reviewing Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), Large Virtual Currency Transaction Reports (LVCTR), Electronic Funds Transfer Reports (EFTR), and other regulatory reports.
• Strong operational rigor: proven track record of meeting SLAs, overseeing QA, and driving process improvements.
• Proficient with crypto…