Team Lead, AML (Crypto)

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
• 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
• reviewing Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs), Large Virtual Currency Transaction Reports (LVCTR), Electronic Funds Transfer Reports (EFTR)
• other regulatory reports.
• Strong operational rigor : proven track record of meeting SLAs, overseeing QA, and driving process improvements.
• Proficient with crypto on-chain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Nice to haves Certifications in Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic , or financial crime designations (e.g., CAMS, CFE, CFCS).
• Experience at a regulated crypto exchange or blockchain analytics firm.
• Why Wealthsimple? 🌸 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 ✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year 👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS
• Black at WS 🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America.
• The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.
• ICYMI Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully.
• That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem.
• We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.
• Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well.
• We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
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• If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need.
• We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
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