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 $70 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.
About the Fund Operations Team:
Our Fund Operation’s team makes imperative contributions to the operational
functions related to the Alternative Investment Funds and Managed Investing
products shipped by Wealthsimple. These include services such as private credit,
private equity and venture funds. We’re a small, new and impact-driven team that
is creating process improvements week by week, providing accurate financial data
and a world-class, human-first client experience to our clients.
About the Role:
As an Associate, Fund Operations you will be owning multiple areas of our
Accounting functionality: reconciliations, audits, valuations, providing highly
reliable data to our clients. As the role evolves, you’ll partner with our team
to help build process improvements and leverage AI to improve the technical
efficiency of our service. You’ll also help shape the cultural footprint of our
team to our partners and across the business as our service scales and enables
Canadian’s reach their financial freedom goals!
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As an Associate, Fund Operations, you will:
- You'll ensure our Net Asset Value (NAV) is rock-solid, diving deep into
expenses, P&L, and all things reconciliation to safeguard our fund's
integrity.
- Master the flow of all capital activity for our alternative funds, from new
investments to withdrawals, ensuring everything runs with precision.
- Provide clear, concise answers to client inquiries and whip up ad-hoc reports
that shed light on their investments, helping them understand their
portfolios better.
- Collaborate closely with our diverse teams across Wealthsimple, acting as a
vital link to flag any hiccups and keep our client data pristine.
What you bring:
- You've got at least 1-2 years under your belt at a fund management or
administration company, with solid experience in NAV calculations, tax, and
audit prep. You're also a pro at managing orders, distributions, and capital
calls
- You have been through a full fund accounting cycle, including executing on
trades, positions, bank reconciliations, an audit and posting journal entries
- Strong Excel skills are a must, and if you've got a handle on programming
(especially SQL) or industry courses (CPA, CFA, etc.) under your belt, that's
a huge bonus. You're all about using data to get things done
- You're organized, detail-oriented, and not afraid to tackle large datasets
under tight deadlines. Even better, you've got a knack for project management
and love finding ways to make processes smoother
- You're passionate about the fintech and alternative investment space, always
curious to dig into day-to-day issues and find smart solutions
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Why Wealthsimple?
?? 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
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 [https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/culture/] and learn
more about how we work. [https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/about/work-with-us]
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.
