Team Leader, FinOps

Croesus provides innovative, high-performance, and secure wealth management solutions that include portfolio management systems, portfolio rebalancing tools, and application programming interfaces (APIs). These solutions empower wealth management professionals to improve their productivity, enhance their client relationships, make informed decisions, and maximize the management of their assets under management.

Croesus’s mission is to provide a superior experience to its clients, users, partners, and employees and to positively impact the community. With more than 200 employees in its Montréal, Toronto, and Geneva offices, Croesus has won several industry awards for being a high-quality solution provider and an outstanding employer.

As the manager of the teams dedicated to the AWS platform, you will play a key role in the success of our projects. You will lead a talented team, ensuring that it achieves its performance objectives on time and within budget.

In addition to team management, your AWS expertise and experience with DevOps practices will enable you to contribute significantly to the team's technical deliverables. You will be responsible for your team's performance, motivation, and development, and you will actively contribute to improving our processes and working methods.

Your leadership will inspire the team to achieve a high level of performance, and you will be able to exercise this position in a positive and collaborative work environment.

This hybrid role will allow you to stay connected to the realities on the ground and develop your leadership skills.

Technical contribution

• Participate in the design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance, and improvement of our platform in accordance with current norms and standards.
• Ensure that peer reviews are conducted in accordance with company standards.
• Stay up to date on new technologies, best practices, and market trends.
• Propose innovative solutions to improve the efficiency and quality of the team's work.
• Help establish a culture of continuous improvement.

Supervision

• Supervise, motivate, and support team members.
• Create a positive and collaborative work environment conducive to harmonious working relationships.
• Evaluate team members' performance and identify their training and development needs.
• Participate in the recruitment and integration of new employees.
• Provide adequate supervision and ensure ongoing training.
• Promote transparent communication and effective knowledge sharing.
• Ensure timely participation of collaborators.
• Ensure that the team has all the resources it needs to function properly.
• Set individual and collective goals for the team.
• Implement strategies to achieve performance objectives.
• Collaborate effectively with other teams to solve problems and improve the customer experience.

Project management and monitoring

• Work with stakeholders to define objectives and priorities.
• In collaboration with the director and technical manager, estimate workloads and plan activities.
• Monitor project progress and identify risks.
• Ensure the quality of work and compliance with established standards and processes.
• Ensure the team's effectiveness and its contribution to the timely delivery of projects.

The working language is French, all internal meetings (including interviews) at Croesus are conducted in French, so a strong proficiency in French is mandatory.

• Bachelor's degree or associate's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud platform management, including 2 years in an influential role requiring leadership (direct or indirect).
• Experience in the financial sector (an asset).

Technical skills

• AWS certification, or a minimum of 2 years of experience as a contributor.
• Experience in infrastructure as code: Git, Terraform, Ansible.
• Proficiency in IT tools: Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence.
• Understanding of cloud solution architecture principles.
• Experience in IT network management.
• Experience in managed services infrastructure management.
• Experience in supplier management.
• Experience with agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban) and knowledge of best development practices (unit testing, continuous integration).
• Related certifications (Linux, FinOps, CCNA, security, or other IT certifications) are an asset.

Professional skills

• Leadership: Ability to advise and influence colleagues, take initiative, and produce high-quality deliverables.
• Communication and collaboration: Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and oral) and team spirit. Ability to share knowledge and expertise to interact effectively with stakeholders.
• Problem solving and critical thinking: Ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions.
• Priority management: Ability to meet deadlines and work independently to achieve company objectives.
• Adaptability and continuous learning: Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and changes in the environment, and to acquire new skills.
• Tolerance for change and perseverance: Be able to manage changing and uncertain situations with ease and persevere in pursuing objectives.
• Courage: Demonstrate open-mindedness in order to address issues in a timely manner with the appropriate people.
• Individual accountability and creativity: Be proactive, take responsibility, and be creative in finding solutions. Know how to ask the right questions and obtain the information needed to optimize your work.

Why join Croesus ?

• À la carte vacations
• Annual salary + Corporate profit-sharing plan
• Hybrid work
• Sports program
• Gym available at our Laval head office
• Telemedicine + group insurance (super useful for the family 😉 )
• Group RRSP
• Proximity to Montmorency metro
• Ongoing training and development plan
• Referral bonus
• Indoor and outdoor parking & electric car recharging
• Croesus boutique
• Beautifully renovated and spacious office
• Complimentary breakfast every morning
• Weekly Happy hours, prepared by our Croesus Life Partner

Are you interested in this challenge? Do you believe you have the qualities and expertise required for this position? Please complete your application today.

Although all applications are carefully analyzed, we will communicate only with those selected. Thank you for your interest in Croesus.