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About d1g1t

d1g1t is the industrys first enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools that allows firms to elevate the quality of their advice and demonstrate its value to clients. Through a single integrated solution that covers the entire advisory lifecycle, d1g1t provides wealth management firms with a whole new set of capabilities theyve never had before. Headquartered in Toronto, the company was founded and is led by an experienced financial technology team who have developed leading enterprise portfolio systems for many of the worlds banks, institutional asset managers, hedge funds and regulators.

d1g1t's leadership is being recognized across the industry. We are proud to be ranked among Canadas Top Growing Companies by The Globe and Mail and have been selected by RBC Wealth Management to enhance their technology infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to work with our cutting-edge, institutional-grade platform as we scale, offering a hands-on role in shaping the next generation of wealth management technology.

About the role

As a Lead, Financial Engineering you will be a subject matter expert, providing your knowledge in quantitative analysis, numerical reconciliation, financial modelling, d1g1t products, client business and the wealth management industry, to service our clients as well as our internal stakeholders (product management and pre-sales teams). You will be accountable for team leadership as well as successful deployment of the d1g1t enterprise solution, ensuring smooth historical data migration from legacy systems and once implemented to drive client adoption of the d1g1t platform. You will develop strong internal and external partnerships, working with d1g1ts product and development teams to deliver functionality that will enable wealth advisors to elevate their portfolio and thrive in a changing wealth management landscape.

What you will do

Lead and coach a hybrid team of Financial Engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, impact and client-centricity.
Serve as the technical subject matter expert and owner of specific client engagements.
Manage implementation projects, ensuring smooth end-to-end delivery.
Utilize quantitative analysis and financial models to support our clients workflows in implementing, adopting, and improving the d1g1t platform to meet their evolving needs.
Test and validate to ensure the d1g1t platform is working as intended and obtain client acceptance through numerical validation of results and workflow testing.
Help design and develop scalable, high-performance solutions for our wealth management clients.
Collaborate closely with the Product team to help collect, document, communicate and influence product roadmap based on market/client requirements. Collaborate with developers to execute on it.
Support pre-sales activities (e.g., discovery, requirements analysis, presentation/demonstration, etc.) with customers and prospects.
Participate in technical demonstrations, training and troubleshooting sessions as a subject matter expert when a more in-depth understanding of the product is required, for internal and external audiences.
Improve implementation and operational processes (focusing on building efficiencies by automating tasks, etc,) that will support business growth.
Collaborate on the companys documentation efforts including writing user guides, release notes and white papers on d1g1t methodology and functionality.
Stay abreast of the latest financial engineering trends, techniques, and tools.

What you will bring

The successful incumbent will also have the following competencies:

Technical Execution: Highly proficient in their functional area, works confidently to balance short term needs against long term strategy, proactive problem solver, persists when faced with ambiguity or uncertainty, analytical, pays attention to the details, and delivers tasks and designs effective solutions to functional area problems.
Ownership: Demonstrates ownership of moderate problem spaces, and repeatedly achieving successful outcomes for those problems. Takes responsibility for the quality of their work. Fixes problems or errors.
Communication: Proactively communicates progress to their team, attempts to unblock themselves. Able to identify and communicate problems and investigate causes, and potential solutions. Proactively documents existing and new features, processes, or projects. Able to explain technical concepts to peers.
Leadership: Mentors team members regularly. Helps grow the functional area by participating in the hiring process. Works confidently with other functional areas to help them understand the work the team is doing.
Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits self awareness of how they impact their team and other stakeholders they work with. Able to recognize their areas of improvement, identify their strengths, and see their own limitations.
Business Acumen: Entrepreneurial mindset, helps to shape functional area goals, constantly learning. Shows an interest in learning how other functional areas within the organization operate and identifies ways to collaborate more effectively cross-functionally.

Qualifications

A minimum of 5+ years of working on end-to-end client implementations and engagements in SaaS (Fintech), coupled with a Post Secondary Degree (math, quantitative finance, computer science, engineering - preferred)
Demonstrated experience working in a multidisciplinary agile environment, leveraging exceptional interpersonal skills to partner with employees and clients from diverse academic, technical, and industrial backgrounds.
Ability to prototype solutions and manipulate gigabyte data sets in a scripting language (Python, R programming or SQL).
Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously. Ability to track and account for time spent on projects and perform to deadlines.
Highly Determined. A natural curiosity to figure out how things work and a strong technical aptitude to master d1g1ts product offerings.
Nice to have:
- Master of Science in math, quantitative finance, computer science or engineering
- Project management experience.
- Experience working with the d1g1t platform is a plus

Perks of working at d1g1t

Excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing Fintech startup
Working in a culture of collaboration and innovation where your voice is valued and given importance.
Competitive compensation package with bonus and comprehensive healthcare benefits
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Fitness and Wellness Credit
Continuing Education Allowance
Flexible hours and hybrid-work policy (The Financial Engineering Team comes to the office Mondays and Thursdays.)
Ability to work abroad for up to 2 months in a year (some conditions apply).

In our most recent Employee Experience Survey, employees rated Diversity & Inclusion at d1g1t Inc. as one of our strengths! d1g1t Inc. celebrates diversity in its workforce structure and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants needs under the respective provincial human rights codes throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the recruiter if you require accommodation; to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated throughout this process. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

We understand that looking for a new opportunity can be time-consuming. We truly appreciate your time in going through our job posting and applying for a position with us!!

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