• Strong working knowledge of compliance operations including KYC/KYB, AML/ATF, and PCI DSS, ideally across both Canada and the US.
• Hands-on experience with bookkeeping or financial operations, including reconciliation and close collaboration with Finance on ledger accuracy.
• Familiarity with lending or capital products and how loan disbursement, repayment, and delinquency workflows operate in practice.
• A data-first mindset with practical SQL/Python or analytics skills and comfort building and interpreting operational dashboards.
• Familiarity with credit risk management, being comfortable with concepts such as credit exposure, probability of default, loss at default etc.
• A genuine track record of using AI tools to improve output and operational efficiency, and enthusiasm for pushing this further.
• Demonstrated ability to build policy, process, and controls from scratch in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Familiarity with operational tooling such as Jira, Asana, Salesforce etc.
• A willingness to possibly lead people in the future as the business grows.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Business, Finance or similar) is required. Advanced certifications or degrees add bonus points.