Market Data and Brokerage Vendor Specialist

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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 3 million users who trust us with more than $40 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 role:

Wealthsimple is seeking a dedicated Market Data and Brokerage Vendor Specialist to streamline and centralize our market data and brokerage vendor operations. This role is critical as we expand our self-directed investment offerings and enhance our vendor management. The successful candidate will oversee all interactions related to market data, manage vendor relationships, and ensure compliance with exchange requirements.

• Vendor Management: Establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of market data and brokerage vendors, including exchanges, data distributors, news and research providers, and other operations vendors as required.
• Contract and Invoice Management: Oversee the entire lifecycle of vendor contracts, ensure timely renewals, and manage invoice approvals and accuracy.
• Compliance and Reporting: Develop and implement an annual audit process to ensure compliance with exchange agreements and reporting requirements. Own the quote metering process, perform monthly reporting to vendors and review billing statements for accuracy.
• Budget Oversight: Own and maintain the market data budget, contributing to process improvements, cost efficiency and standardization initiatives.
• Client and Vendor Relations: Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors, ensuring service delivery aligns with client expectations and SLAs are met.
• Process Improvement: Lead initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of market data management, including creating and maintaining documentation, and contributing to strategic projects and regulatory commentary.
• Operational Support: Manage other brokerage vendor relationships as needed, including investment research, platform licenses, and operations tooling.

• Vendor Management: Expertise in managing relationships specifically with market data vendors, including exchanges, data distributors, and research providers.
• Contract Negotiation: Strong ability to negotiate contracts with market data vendors and exchanges, understand key terms, and manage renewals to ensure favorable terms and compliance.
• Market Data Budgeting: Proficiency in budgeting and financial management specific to market data services, including invoice management and financial forecasting.
• Exchange Compliance Knowledge: Deep understanding of exchange agreements, reporting requirements, and regulatory landscapes to ensure full compliance with market data regulations.
• Data Analytics: Strong capability in data analytics focused on market data to analyze quality, usage, audit invoices, and extract actionable insights for performance improvements and strategic decision-making.
• Project Management: Experience in managing and executing projects related to market data implementation, process improvement, and new system integration.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively liaise with internal stakeholders, market data vendors, and exchange representatives.
• Relationship Building: Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with market data vendors, exchanges, and internal teams to ensure seamless operations and collaboration.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to address issues related to market data services, exchange compliance, and operational inefficiencies.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with order management systems, market data platforms, and tools used by exchanges and vendors to effectively manage and optimize market data operations.

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 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!

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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.