Team Lead, AML – Crypto

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 CA$89.6k - CA$112k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚨 AML and Financial Crime

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Wealthsimple

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💳 Fintech

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $393M Series E - Wealthsimple on 2025-10

Consulting • Insurance • Fintech

Wealthsimple is a Canadian financial technology company that provides consumer banking, investing, and wealth management services. It offers chequing accounts, savings, credit cards, self-directed trading (stocks, ETFs, options), cryptocurrency trading, managed portfolios, tax services, and advisory wealth management for high-net-worth clients. Wealthsimple combines digital-first banking and low-fee investing products aimed at retail customers, along with tools and educational content to support personal finance.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a team of AML analysts through coaching, regular 1:1s, feedback, and career conversations • Communicate team and company goals, help analysts manage workloads, and adapt to shifting priorities • Review and approve high-priority or complex investigations in accordance with internal AML policies and regulatory standards • Monitor team metrics such as case turnaround and QA scores, analyze trends, and address process or workflow gaps • Utilize and help train the team on blockchain analytics tools • Support analysts with escalation and technical troubleshooting • Act as a subject-matter expert in traditional fiat and/or cryptocurrency financial crime • Stay current on AML typologies, regulatory changes, and emerging risks • Propose and pilot enhancements to alerts, casework, and risk strategy for fiat and crypto activity • Provide proactive stakeholder updates, escalate issues, and follow through to resolution • Lead knowledge-sharing and calibration sessions, support ongoing training, and identify growth opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in AML/CTF • 2+ years of hands-on crypto AML experience, such as 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, including FATF and FINTRAC • 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 • Proven track record of meeting SLAs, overseeing QA, and driving process improvements • Proficiency with crypto on-chain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, and Elliptic • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Certification in Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or financial crime designations such as CAMS, CFE, or CFCS is a nice-to-have • Experience at a regulated crypto exchange or blockchain analytics firm is a nice-to-have • Legally eligible to work in Canada

🏖️ Benefits

• Top-tier health benefits and life insurance • Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business • 20 vacation days • 4 wellness days • Unlimited sick and mental health days per year • Work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year • Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS • Equity compensation for permanent employees • Hybrid team with collaboration across North America