Senior Brokerage Operations Associate building automated Canadian brokerage workflows at Alpaca, a global brokerage infrastructure provider. Owning clearing, custody, registered-account, tax, and launch operations.
Responsibilities
Own account lifecycle and client/introducing-broker servicing, including onboarding handoffs, KYC/AML operations interfaces, maintenance, and transfers
Define scalable account opening, trade processing, and client cash and securities custody processes for ACCC
Establish operating splits with partner brokers across accounts, trades, and client assets
Own trade lifecycle operations including capture, affirmation, clearing, settlement, fails, and breaks
Manage custody and asset servicing, including segregation, security movements, corporate actions, and cash
Build books and records, reconciliations, exception management, and operational controls
Develop registered-account and tax operations for TFSA, RRSP, RESP, tax lots, cost basis, withholding, and reporting
Create day-two production runbooks, escalations, vendor/custody interfaces, and BCP/DR playbooks
Translate Canadian dealer, clearing, custody, and operational-risk requirements into SOPs, RACI, controls, and exception paths
Redesign high-volume and high-risk work for straight-through processing, rules, exception queues, and measurable SLAs
Prototype and productize AI-assisted operations with appropriate human oversight
Prepare for ACCC go-live and drive continuous improvement after launch
Collaborate with the ACCC President / UDP, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and global Operations
Coach partners through expertise, documentation, and decision logs without managing a team
Requirements
10+ years deep, hands-on Canadian brokerage operations experience at a CIRO dealer, carrying broker, custodian, clearing firm, or brokerage ops function in Canada
Demonstrated depth in at least two of: clearing / settlement; custody & asset servicing; books & records / reconciliations; registered accounts & tax
Regulatory-literate in CIRO / provincial securities / CSA context
Experience redesigning and shipping process and tooling changes that stuck
Practical experience with workflow automation, rules engines, RPA, or AI-assisted operations
Exceptional written communication for SOPs, RACI, decision logs, and cross-functional requirements
Nice-to-haves include greenfield Canadian dealer / clearing / custody stand-up, API-first or broker-as-a-service platforms, US and Canada dual-entity operations, deep CDS / CDSX experience, registered-account or Canadian tax-ops stand-up, and AI-native operations workflows
Benefits
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
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