Who We Are:
Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our recent Series C funding round brought our total investment to over $170 million, fueling our ambitious vision.
Amongst our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totalling over 6 million brokerage accounts.
Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.
Alpaca is proudly backed by top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
Our Team Members:
We're a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!
We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
Your Role:
We’re looking for an experienced Director of Strategic Finance to help lead FP&A strategy, support capital planning, and partner with executives across Product, Revenue, Operations, and Engineering as Alpaca scales globally.
In this role, you will own forecasting, strategic planning, revenue analytics, and long-term financial modelling. You’ll play a critical part in shaping Alpaca’s future—from product monetization strategies to international expansion and go-to-market optimization.
This person will sit at the intersection of finance, strategy, and execution, serving as a key thought partner to the CFO and leadership team.
Things You Get To Do:
- Own the FP&A cadence, including financial forecasting, long-range planning, budget cycles, and variance analysis.
- Partner with Product and Revenue teams to model and evaluate pricing, monetization strategy, and new product economics.
- Develop scalable frameworks to evaluate new revenue streams, partner tiers, margin efficiency, and customer contribution economics.
- Build and maintain dashboards and forecasting models that support executive decisions.
- Work closely with Accounting and FinOps to ensure accurate reporting, operational discipline, and business model visibility.
- Lead performance tracking: NRR, take rate trends, margin profiles, CAC payback, LTV, product-level P&L.
- Serve as a key strategist in global expansion financial frameworks, including cost modelling, entity ramp, and regulatory capital assumptions.
- Help build scalable planning processes, systems, and automation to support growth.
Who You Are (Must-Haves):
- 7–10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, or similar roles.
- Management experience leading high-performing finance teams, including hiring, development, and delegation.
- Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of financial modelling, unit economics, forecasting, and revenue analytics.
- Experience operating in fintech, brokerage, trading, payments, or financial infrastructure.
- Ability to partner cross-functionally and influence senior leadership and product decision-making.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial topics to non-finance stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and build scalable frameworks from scratch.
- Exceptional modelling skills, including the ability to build, maintain, and improve complex financial models with clarity, accuracy, and automation in mind.
Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves):
- Experience at a global, high-growth, or pre-IPO technology company.
- Experience with SQL, Metabase, Looker, and large dataset analysis is a plus.
- Experience with embedded finance, clearing models, or custody operations.
- Competitive Salary & Stock Options
- Health Benefits
- New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
- Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
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