Team Lead, AML (Crypto)

BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE LOVE Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/culture and learn more about how we work https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/careers. 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. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - 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. WHAT DOES THE IDEAL CANDIDATE LOOK LIKE? - 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. QUALIFICATIONS - 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 (LV…