Senior Manager, Data Science – Finance & Market Risk

November 13

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Wealthsimple

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Finance • Fintech • Investing

Wealthsimple is a financial technology company based in Canada that offers a range of investment and financial services. They provide managed investing options with custom portfolios tailored to individual goals, and offer self-directed investing to take control of trading stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies commission-free. Wealthsimple also provides high-interest cash accounts, various retirement savings accounts, and a comprehensive set of tools for personal finance management. With over 3 million users, they emphasize low fees, transparency, and personalized financial advice.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

💰 Private Equity Round on 2021-05

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, and mentor a high-performing team of data scientists, analysts, and associates dedicated to Finance data science and Market risk initiatives. • Deliver high-quality financial metrics and advanced analytics to support key decisions related to financial planning, treasury operations, and liquidity management. • Develop and maintain the finance data mart, with a focus on optimizing data quality, accessibility, and efficiency. • Develop and maintain dashboards to continuously monitor market conditions and client risk exposures and P&L. Maintain low-latency view with near real-time data. • Build and maintain risk metrics like VaR, as well as simulated stressed metrics like SVaR. • Implement, develop and maintain IFRS9 ECL forecast models for our credit cards. • Develop and maintain models and algorithms for capital efficiency: CDIC, collateral forecasts, credit card revenue, asset segregation, etc. • Collaborate widely with various teams: Options Clearing, Cash & Collateral Management, and Margin Supervision, FP&A, Book of Record, Treasury. Act as a champion for your team’s successes, and promote their work to communicate and promote the work of your team to fellow data scientists and stakeholders. • Attract, onboard, and retain top talent to grow your team, actively participating in the hiring process and developing succession plans for key roles.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of people leadership experience in a data science or analytics environment, with a proven ability to lead, develop, and scale technical teams. • Exceptional coaching, mentoring, and problem solving skills, with the ability to navigate team dynamics and drive accountability. • Hands-on experience with modern data engineering tools: git, dbt, fivetran, airflow, redshift, oracle, kafka. • Hands-on experience with SQL and data visualization tools like preset, tableau, or similar. • Experience with python • Strong understanding of data science principles and methodologies, including predictive modeling and data visualization, as applied to customer service problem solving. • Experience with data mart architecture/design, management and data quality assurance. • Ability to translate business needs into data-driven solutions. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. • Experience in financial services or brokerage, ideally as a manager.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance • Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business • 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days • Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively • 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year • A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS) • Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year