Associate, Reconciliations

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

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 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 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.

Our team is reimagining what it means to manage your money. Smart, high-performing team members will challenge you to learn and grow every day. We value great work and great ideas — not ego. We're looking for talented people who love a fast-paced environment, and want to ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We’re a remote-first team and output is more important than facetime, so where you choose to work is up to you — as long as you have internet access, you can work from anywhere in Canada. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Serving as a key member of the Reconciliations team, which is tasked with reconciling various internal and external accounts and resolving discrepancies through coordination with different teams.
• Collaborating directly with dedicated Operations associates to ensure the accuracy of our books of record.
• Assuming responsibility for critical trade and position reconciliations, escalating to various upstream teams such as settlements, corporate actions, trade desk, securities lending, and others as necessary to resolve discrepancies and mitigate risk.
• Becoming a subject matter expert on the settlement and clearance of equities through CDS and DTC.
• Troubleshooting, managing, and proactively resolving reconciliation differences.
• Utilizing data to identify inefficiencies and propose solutions.
• Developing processes to enhance the efficiency of our back-office operations.

We're looking for people who:

• Have 2+ years experience working at a broker-dealer handling back office reconciliation responsibilities for options, securities operations and securities lending programs (IIROC-regulated dealer is preferred).
• Are passionate about technology, specifically fintech. 
• Are organized with a strong attention to detail and be comfortable working with a large set of data with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Have awesome people skills and a positive attitude. You will be working in a highly collaborative environment.
• Possess strong Excel/google sheets skills
• Are naturally curious: if something seems off, you want to figure out what’s going on.
• Have completed or are pursuing industry courses (CSC, DFOL etc) 
• Have experience or familiarity with programming a plus (especially SQL, AppScripts).

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 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

We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.