Compliance & Risk Intern, Wealthsimple
Winter 2026
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Professional investing services made simple
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Professional investing services made simple
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone achieve financial freedom.
Role
Who you are
- ✔ Currently enrolled as a student at a Canadian post-secondary institution or technical bootcamp
- ✔ New graduates - Within 6 months of your graduation date
- ✔ Available to work full-time hours
- ✔ Residing in Canada
- ✔ Able to commute to our Toronto HQ on Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- High attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to simplify, improve and document processes by leveraging technology and collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Ability to work independently and always ready to contribute and collaborate
- 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
What the job involves
- Our Reg team brings together a unique blend of legal, compliance, and risk experts. We're proud of how we creatively tackle tough regulatory challenges, our resourcefulness in navigating legal changes, our ability to adapt to market shifts, and our unwavering commitment to high integrity and ethics. Joining us means becoming part of an agile and forward-thinking group dedicated to both protecting our operations and enabling smart growth
- Reporting to Director, Securities Program Management & Enablement, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to support ongoing initiatives and projects within our compliance and risk functions at Wealthsimple, including but not limited to: anti-money laundering and financial crime, corporate security, crypto compliance and securities compliance
- Support the operations of our compliance and risk programs, by completing reporting, triaging issues to the appropriate stakeholders, assisting in drafting procedures and completing recurring reviews
- Prepare reporting and build dashboards to facilitate identification of issues or trends
- Coordinate the implementation and tracking of compliance training and educational programs for new and/or existing employees
- Learn about the regulatory environment applicable to Wealthsimple’s products and services, including but not limited to anti-money laundering and securities legislation
- Work independently on special projects and other tasks as assigned
- Learn about the role of compliance and risk functions, and gain insight into the broader financial services industry, across multiple products and services
- Supporting the team with preparation and submission of regulatory fillings
- Helping update and maintain desk-top procedures for compliance-related tasks
- Assist with other compliance program-related tasks, as applicable
Application process
- This role will be closed for applications on Sunday November 16th 11:59PM EST
Our take
Wealthsimple is one of a crop of robo-advisors trying to democratise investment management. These companies are disrupting the industry by automating many of the processes involved in investment, removing the need for human advisors.
But while other so-called robo-advisors are focused on courting the high end of the market, Wealthsimple is trying to provide the same types of tools and advice to all users, regardless of the amount they have to invest.
Wealthsimple does have higher fees than some other robo-advisors such as Betterment and Charles Schwab. However, the company believes that it provides a more user-friendly platform, tailored to millennials who will be attracted to Wealthsimple due to its ease of use and social impact offerings.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2025
$395.2m
LATE VC
May 2021
$538.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Retirement savings matching plan through Wealthsimple Work
- Company equity for full-time employees
- Access to Premium Client perks, including personal finance learning & advice and a boosted interest rate on deposits
- Paid parental leave (6 months topped up to 100% of salary)
- 20 vacation days per year
- 90 Days Away program
- Top-tier health benefits
- Life & disability insurance
- Generous sick and mental health days
- Employee resource plan including services like RMT, psychology, and physiotherapy
- Up to $5,000 per year for mental health supports
- Gender Affirmation benefits
- Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
- Up to $1,500 per year for wellness and home office expenses
- Employee resource groups
- Social impact hours
Company HQ
Fashion District, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Michael Katchen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey and then at Ancestry.com as Country Director for Canada.
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