Senior Manager, Fraud Operations – Banking

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Senior Manager leading banking fraud operations across Wealthsimple’s Cash, Investments, Crypto, and Identity pillars. Scaling investigations, payment-rail safeguards, and client-facing teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead approximately 60 professionals across Cash & Banking, Investments & Crypto, and Identity & Onboarding fraud operations
  • Direct and scale multiple operational teams
  • Lead a client-facing investigations function communicating with clients by email and phone from first contact through resolution
  • Own capacity modeling, SLA management, backlog reduction, and case resolution accuracy
  • Use banking payment-rail expertise to mitigate complex transaction and account-level fraud
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Analytics to build upstream fraud safeguards
  • Optimize workflows using automation, AI tools, and data-driven insights
  • Reduce handle times and increase throughput without sacrificing quality
  • Mentor and develop managers and team leads
  • Establish QA frameworks and a high-trust, continuous-improvement culture

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience leading fraud operations and investigations in financial services or tech
  • Specific expertise in banking fraud mechanics and payment rails, including EFT, Real-Time Rail/RTR, wire/bank transfer fraud, beyond traditional card disputes
  • 5+ years of experience directly managing and scaling multi-tiered operational teams, including managers and team leads
  • Proven track record managing high-volume investigation queues, SLA levers, capacity planning, and frontline investigation quality
  • Demonstrated experience inheriting high-volume queues and reducing time to resolution and handle time
  • Ability to balance fraud loss mitigation against customer friction
  • Proficiency using large datasets to identify fraud trends, optimize queue workflows, and track KPIs/KRIs
  • Advanced Excel/Sheets required
  • SQL and Grafana preferred
  • Previous experience in a high-growth fintech, challenger bank, modern credit union, or technology-first financial platform preferred
  • Expert-level knowledge of FINTRAC requirements and Canadian banking risk standards preferred
  • Exposure to crypto fraud typologies and on-chain tracing tools preferred
  • Bilingual French and English preferred
  • Legally eligible to work in Canada

Benefits:

  • 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
  • Work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
  • Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
  • Equity compensation for permanent employees
  • Flexible/remote work arrangement in Canada