TD Bank

IT Data Specialist

TD Bank$114K — $136K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree in technology or data engineering preferred
  • 8-10 years of experience in AML transaction monitoring, preferably with large banks
  • 8 years of hands-on experience in data management
  • 8-10 years of PL/SQL experience with optimization and stored procedures
  • Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB
  • Proficient in query execution against Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Strong understanding of payment systems and messaging formats

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement data controls to ensure data integrity
  • Lead data initiatives requiring cross-team collaboration
  • Troubleshoot database and data pipeline issues
  • Perform data profiling and root cause analysis
  • Facilitate global triage meetings for data issue resolution
  • Automate manual data processes for efficiency
  • Document end-to-end processes for traceability

Benefits

  • Base salary and variable compensation
  • Health and well-being benefits
  • Savings and retirement programs
  • Paid time off
  • Career development opportunities
  • Reward and recognition programs
Full Job Description

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$114,000 - $136,800 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview:

Residing within Enterprise Protect organization, the Financial Crime & Risk Management (FCRM) Technology team is responsible for the delivery and support of technology solutions for the respective FCRM business unit. Given the ongoing pace of regulatory change and ongoing importance of risk management, this is a fast-growing area within the bank translating into considerable demand and growth within its technology teams.

Job Description:

About This Role

We are looking for an IT Data Specialist for our Financial Crime & Risk Management systems (Oracle - Transaction Monitoring and Customer Risk Rating solutions). You will have the opportunity to engage in cross team initiatives beyond your immediate project to modernize the technology and capabilities to align with the portfolio and enterprise technology roadmaps.

The primary responsibility of our team is to design, develop and maintain the technology platform that processes the banks payments through behaviour detection algorithms to detect suspicious and fraudulent activity.

The open role is for a person who has 8 - 10 years of working experience in leading complex data projects and is extremely familiar with Data concepts, translating business requirements into Functional specifications, Implementing Data Controls (including Data Quality and ETL controls), Investigating data issues across the data pipeline, Data Exception Management process, Data sourcing and further mapping to various interface across our Financial Crime & Risk Management (FCRM) systems.

The ideal candidate should also have good experience in SQL query optimization, stored procedures, and database design while also being proficient in Python scripting, automation, and data manipulation.

The ideal candidate will be part of the team that designs and maintains the data governance process to ensure data integrity is adhered to when payment and reference data information is sent to the FCRM systems. This also involves documenting and managing the development of relevant data quality controls and business logic validations and checks for the feeds that are sent to FCRM systems.

Meaningful work is fueled by meaningful performance and career development conversations with your manager. Here are some of the tasks that you may be asked to perform:

  • Design, develop and Implement data controls and develop processes to ensure data integrity from source to target is met, i.e., ensuring data sourced meets the data quality standards designed.
  • Lead data initiatives within the FCRM Technology which require extensive collaboration with multiple Business & Technology teams globally to comprehend business requirements, develop respective functional specifications and detailed solution plan to execute these data initiatives.
  • Troubleshoot database and data pipeline issues efficiently.
  • Independently, perform data profiling, root cause analysis, and analyze Source to Target Mappings documents/data dictionaries to identify root cause of data issues and assist with implementing solutions post alignment with Business and Technology stakeholders.
  • Lead triage meetings globally and collaborate with required stakeholders to determine fix for data issues identified.
  • Automate manual data processing tasks and build scalable solutions.
  • Independently assess and further improve existing documentation to ensure end-to-end processes performed by the team are captured for traceability purposes.
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate databases with applications and analytics platforms.
  • Collaborate with the Technology development and testing teams to ensure all data transformation logics are adequately developed and tested across lower environments.
  • Leverage analytical tools and develop required metrics to measure the quality of data obtained across source systems.
  • Foster an environment and culture that encourages productivity, innovation, process improvement, teamwork, and a high level of professionalism.

Job Requirements:

What can you bring to TD? Share your credentials, but your relevant experience and knowledge can be just as likely to get our attention. It helps if you have:

  • University degree, preferably in technology/ data engineering
  • Minimum of 8 -10 years of AML transaction monitoring experience, preferably with large banks
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in data management (Hands-on experience in data profiling, designing, and developing data controls / Data quality rules across the data pipeline, Developing, and analyzing Source to Target mapping documents, Performing root cause analysis across data issues)
  • Minimum of 8 - 10 years of experience in PL/SQL, including query optimization, stored procedures, and indexing (Preferably in Oracle based tools)
  • Proven ability to run complex analytical queries directly against Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) using distributed query engines such as Azure Synapse Serverless SQL, Databricks SQL etc.
  • Hands-on experience reading, writing, and transforming data in ADLS using PySpark, Pandas or Polars to perform data wrangling at scale.
  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
  • Excellent understanding of payments and data coming from settlement systems including the flow of funds, payment messaging formats such as Swift and systems such as ACH, Fedwire etc.
  • Must be comfortable working in different time zones (SG, IN & US) as there would be an overlap with Singapore and India teams.
  • Strong people skills with demonstrated ability to forge strong relationships with key business partners, understand financial markets and regulation and apply analytics to drive commercial value.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.


Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet

About TD Bank

TD Securities offers a range of advisory and capital market services to its clients. The company's range of services includes research, investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction banking. Research consists of commodity and equity research. Investment banking consists of mergers, acquisitions, industry expertise, and credit origination. Global transaction banking consists of trade finance, cash management, and correspondent banking. TD Securities was founded in 1855 and is based in Ontario.

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