Data Scientist II

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Analytics, Insights, & Artificial Intelligence

Pay Details:

$76,800 - $115,200 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:

**Please note - there is a Preferred Candidate identified for this position**

Department Overview

The TDBG Global AML Compliance Department is accountable for establishing TDBG's Global Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Program (AML/ATF) to ensure that all TDBG businesses remain compliant with AML/ATF regulatory expectations in all jurisdictions where TDBG operates. This includes setting consistent standards across business segments that maybe further tailored to specific business or jurisdictional requirements; conducting annual enterprise-wide AML risk assessments; maintaining the Global AML Policy (including Know Your Customer and Enhanced Due Diligence, record keeping & retention requirements); currency transaction and suspicious transaction monitoring and reporting; screening TDBG customers against regulatory watch lists (i.e., Name Matching); a hierarchy of designated AML officer functions; enterprise-wide and specialized AML training of employees; and independent AML testing.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Advanced Analytics Manager, the Data Scientist I will be conducting all analytical activities related to CA AML transaction monitoring systems.

• Provide maintenance of transaction monitoring scenarios, and analytical queries in support of the bank's strategic efforts to mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risk
• Conduct activities related to AML/ATF scenario performance tuning on an on-going basis and ad-hoc scenario simulation and queries
• Help maintain a structured documentation process to demonstrate an effective scenario review program to satisfy audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• With assistance from management, assist with transaction monitoring related issues/questions from Global AML members, audit, and other partners
• Staying ahead of developments in data mining and the application of data science
• Partner with GAML teams to implement changes to existing solutions and/or the implementation of alternative solutions
• Use statistical and machine learning techniques to build and maintain effective and efficient transaction monitoring, customer behavior, and risk scoring models
• Provide insight into leading analytic practices, designs and leads iterative learning and development cycles, and ultimately produce new and creative analytic solutions that will become core work you're doing

Job Requirements:

• Post-graduate degree in Statistics, Computer Science/Software Engineering
• Expert knowledge of Python, SAS and SQL are essential.
• Expert knowledge to apply statistical techniques and data mining tools to solve business problem.
• 3- 5 years of experience in analytics environments.
• Experience in query optimization, debugging and automation.
• Excellent written and oral communication, analytical and presentation skills, including ability to communicate with individuals from various backgrounds.
• Excellent multi-tasking skills: ability to adapt to and manage changing priorities
• AML knowledge is an asset

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

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. Learn more

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. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

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.

Accommodation

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet