Validus Risk Management

Associate, Client Onboarding – Trading Enablement

Validus Risk Management

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$100,000 - CA$120,000 per year

About the role

  • Own and drive the end-to-end onboarding workflow for clients and trading counterparties
  • Coordinate across KYC/AML, tax, credit, legal, operations and counterparties, maintaining momentum and accountability
  • Manage onboarding timelines, SLAs and readiness milestones, with a focus on accelerating time-to-trade
  • Serve as a senior point of coordination and escalation during onboarding
  • Act as the primary interface with internal and external KYC/AML teams
  • Translate regulatory and documentation requirements into practical trading enablement outcomes
  • Identify bottlenecks early and actively manage remediation to avoid trading delays
  • Own client static and reference data across all trading, risk and operational systems
  • Enforce golden-source data principles, change control and auditability
  • Ensure data quality directly supports STP, controls and downstream processing
  • Confirm alignment between documentation, credit approvals and system configuration
  • Support market access, trading limits and eligibility controls
  • Implement and maintain pre-trade controls that prevent operational and regulatory issues before execution
  • Ensure clients and products are STP-ready at go-live, not corrected post-trade
  • Partner with trading and post-trade teams to improve STP rates and operational resilience

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience in client onboarding or static/reference data within capital markets
  • Strong working knowledge of KYC/AML processes and regulatory expectations
  • Understanding of how onboarding and data quality impact trading, settlement and reporting
  • Strong ownership mindset with excellent organisational skills
  • Analytical, detail-oriented and control-focused
  • Clear, confident communicator under pressure
  • Pragmatic, solution-oriented and commercially aware
  • Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Law or a related discipline
  • Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM or CAIA would be a desirable asset
Benefits
  • Performance bonus linked to agreed success criteria - paid semi annually
  • 20 days’ holiday (increasing to 25 with tenure) plus bank holidays
  • Private health insurance (including dental, optical and mental health)
  • Travel insurance
  • Learning & development allowance and support for professional qualifications
  • No AI is used to screen, assess or select applicants

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
client onboardingstatic data managementreference data managementKYC processesAML processesdata quality assurancepre-trade controlstrading enablementregulatory complianceoperational resilience
Soft skills
ownership mindsetorganizational skillsanalytical skillsdetail-orientedcontrol-focusedcommunication skillspragmaticsolution-orientedcommercial awarenessability to work under pressure
Certifications
CFAFRMCAIA