AML Compliance Manager – Securities + Crypto

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p>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 <a href="https://alpaca.markets/blog/alpaca-raises-150-million-at-a-1-15b-valuation-to-build-the-global-standard-for-brokerage-infrastructure/">recent Series D funding round</a> brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision.</p> <p>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 9 million brokerage accounts.</p> <p>Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of <strong>opening financial services to everyone on the planet</strong>. 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Team Members:</strong></p> <p>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!<br><br>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.</p></div><p><strong>Your Role:</strong></p> <p>Join Alpaca Securities’ dynamic and fully remote AML Compliance team dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of the financial markets. As the AML Compliance Manager, you will play a critical part in supporting the Securities and Crypto BSA/AML, Anti-Fraud, and Fraud Monitoring programs. You will lead and support investigations, ensure regulatory compliance, strengthen internal controls, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build a scalable, risk-based AML compliance infrastructure that evolves with our business and regulatory demands.</p> <p>This position reports directly to the AMLCO (Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer).</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with the AMLCO (and/or CCO) to maintain, enhance, and operationalize the firm’s CIP/KYC, AML, Anti-Fraud, and Fraud Monitoring initiatives across both the firm’s Securities and Crypto entities.</li> <li>Lead and maintain periodic firm-wide risk assessments covering BSA/AML, sanctions, fraud, and surveillance programs.</li> <li>Oversee transaction monitoring systems, blockchain analytics tools, and case management workflows.</li> <li>Conduct in-depth investigations into potential suspicious activity across crypto, equities, and other financial instruments, including market manipulation, fraud, account takeovers, money laundering typologies, and other financial crimes through transaction monitoring alerts, escalations, and referrals.</li> <li>Prepare, document, and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in compliance with FinCEN requirements and internal policies.</li> <li>Review and respond to sanctions screening alerts, FinCEN 314(a) and 314(b) requests, and other regulatory inquiries.</li> <li>Partner with internal stakeholders and assist during external audits, examinations, and regulatory inquiries and engagements.</li> <li>Provide guidance and support across various business units, including trading, operations, and customer support, to e ... (truncated, view full listing at source)