Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum 10 years of trading experience in equities, ETFs, futures, and options., Mandatory certifications: CSC, CPH, DFOL or DFC., Strong leadership experience in managing trading teams., Proficiency in coding trading strategies and working with engineering teams..

Key responsibilities:

Lead and supervise the trading team at Wealthsimple Investments.

Collaborate with engineering and product teams to develop trading strategies and new asset types.

Oversee risk management and ensure compliance across trading activities.

Identify operational improvements to enhance trading efficiency and productivity.

Job description

In this role you’ll:

Join the Capital Markets team at Wealthsimple Investments Inc. (Wealthsimple's in-house broker/dealer)

Lead and supervise a team of experienced traders

Work closely with engineering teams to build or modify trading strategies or backend setups of new products

Help design the back-end of new asset types coming to market and set up the execution process for these new asset types

Work with product teams to modify and enhance product specifications to meet client demand

Identify operational improvements to improve productivity and efficiency for trading processes

Collaborate with cross-functional partners across Wealthsimple

Be responsible for overseeing risk and meeting compliance requirements across all of our trading processes

We're looking for people who:

Want to make a difference. We are a small team effectively reshaping how people look at the industry. We need people who 'get it' and want to play an integral part in helping us accomplish this mission

Extensive experience in the investment and trading industry

Have extreme precision and attention to detail

Are an excellent communicator and know how to explain complex concepts and work with a variety of people

Are comfortable digging through data to find and analyze desired information

Have great analytical and prioritization skills. You know how to balance what needs to be done with what’s possible to do. You understand the scope of an issue and its priority

Embrace technology and the role it plays in financial services. Specifically, you have the flexibility to navigate multiple applications simultaneously to deliver unprecedented solutions

Requirements

CSC, CPH, DFOL (or DFC) mandatory

Investment Dealer Supervisors Course (IDSC) and/or Canadian Commodities Supervision Exam an asset

10+ years of trading experience

Experience trading equities, ETFs, futures and options

Knowledgeable in index rebalancing

Experience leading a team

Experience building access to new asset types from scratch

Experience with automated trading solutions and inventory management strategies

Experience with building out back office operational capabilities

Experience in coding trading strategies or working with engineer teams to do so

Analytical experience with Excel and SQL