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Overview
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 brings 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, totaling 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 are committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continually enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.
Alpaca is backed by 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 are a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who work from locations around the world, with teammates across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond. We are seeking passionate individuals who align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact.
Your Role Our finance team at Alpaca is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for our fast-growing, API-driven trading brokerage. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and performance insights to drive strategic decisions, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced fintech environment. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will support processes including financial forecasting and budgeting, monthly/quarterly closes, data analysis and growth modeling, and investor communications.
Responsibilities
Forecasting and Budgeting:
Maintain complex forecasting models and oversee the quarterly/annual budgeting process, incorporating metrics from API integrations, trading activity, and various economic indicators.
Financial Modelling:
Build and update financial models to support scenario planning, cash flow forecasting, and investment evaluations for forecasting and strategic planning.
Financial Closing:
Assist with and ultimately lead monthly/quarterly financial closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness and delivering key insights to management.
Reporting:
Prepare monthly/quarterly reports for internal updates, presentations, and external stakeholders including investor communications, board meetings, and fundraising materials.
Variance Analysis:
Perform variance analysis on financials and key business metrics using internal models and dashboards to track performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on budgeting, resource allocation, and hiring processes.
Ad-Hoc Projects:
Handle ad-hoc requests and analyses, such as product profitability assessments or risk evaluations.
Must-Have Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
5+ years in finance with experience in financial modeling, forecasting/budgeting, and data analysis, ideally in fintech or brokerage space.
Advanced skills in Excel, G-Suite, SQL, Python, or similar systems/applications.
Strong analytical abilities for variance analysis, scenario modeling, and metric tracking in a dynamic business.
Excellent communication for reports, presentations, and cross-team collaboration.
Exceptional problem-solving with a curious, strategic mindset and high attention to detail.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth remote setting and adapt to evolving industry regulations.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
CFA, MBA, or advanced finance certification.
Experience in the fintech sector, particularly with analyzing revenues generated by trading platforms, recurring subscriptions, and brokerage services.
Team leadership or cross-functional project management in tech environments.
Knowledge of statistical/machine learning tools for forecasting.
Experience at both large companies and startups.
Passion for investing, trading innovations, and financial markets or the desire to learn.
Compensation and 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
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
Recruitment Privacy Policy
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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, totaling 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 are committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continually enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.
Alpaca is backed by 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 are a dynamic team of 230+ globally distributed members who work from locations around the world, with teammates across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond. We are seeking passionate individuals who align with our core values—Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable—and are ready to make a significant impact.
Your Role Our finance team at Alpaca is seeking an FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, analysis, and reporting for our fast-growing, API-driven trading brokerage. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and performance insights to drive strategic decisions, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced fintech environment. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will support processes including financial forecasting and budgeting, monthly/quarterly closes, data analysis and growth modeling, and investor communications.
Responsibilities
Forecasting and Budgeting:
Maintain complex forecasting models and oversee the quarterly/annual budgeting process, incorporating metrics from API integrations, trading activity, and various economic indicators.
Financial Modelling:
Build and update financial models to support scenario planning, cash flow forecasting, and investment evaluations for forecasting and strategic planning.
Financial Closing:
Assist with and ultimately lead monthly/quarterly financial closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness and delivering key insights to management.
Reporting:
Prepare monthly/quarterly reports for internal updates, presentations, and external stakeholders including investor communications, board meetings, and fundraising materials.
Variance Analysis:
Perform variance analysis on financials and key business metrics using internal models and dashboards to track performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on budgeting, resource allocation, and hiring processes.
Ad-Hoc Projects:
Handle ad-hoc requests and analyses, such as product profitability assessments or risk evaluations.
Must-Have Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
5+ years in finance with experience in financial modeling, forecasting/budgeting, and data analysis, ideally in fintech or brokerage space.
Advanced skills in Excel, G-Suite, SQL, Python, or similar systems/applications.
Strong analytical abilities for variance analysis, scenario modeling, and metric tracking in a dynamic business.
Excellent communication for reports, presentations, and cross-team collaboration.
Exceptional problem-solving with a curious, strategic mindset and high attention to detail.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth remote setting and adapt to evolving industry regulations.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
CFA, MBA, or advanced finance certification.
Experience in the fintech sector, particularly with analyzing revenues generated by trading platforms, recurring subscriptions, and brokerage services.
Team leadership or cross-functional project management in tech environments.
Knowledge of statistical/machine learning tools for forecasting.
Experience at both large companies and startups.
Passion for investing, trading innovations, and financial markets or the desire to learn.
Compensation and 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
Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
Recruitment Privacy Policy
#J-18808-Ljbffr