Director of Strategic Finance

<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>We’re looking for an experienced <strong>Director of Strategic Finance</strong> to help lead FPA strategy, support capital planning, and partner with executives across Product, Revenue, Operations, and Engineering as Alpaca scales globally.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This person will sit at the intersection of <strong>finance, strategy, and execution, serving</strong> as a key thought partner to the CFO and leadership team.</p> <p><strong>Things You Get To Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the FPA cadence, including financial forecasting, long-range planning, budget cycles, and variance analysis.</li> <li>Partner with Product and Revenue teams to model and evaluate pricing, monetization strategy, and new product economics.<strong><br></strong></li> <li>Develop scalable frameworks to evaluate new revenue streams, partner tiers, margin efficiency, and customer contribution economics.<strong><br></strong></li> <li>Build and maintain dashboards and forecasting models that support executive decisions.</li> <li>Work closely with Accounting and FinOps to ensure accurate reporting, operational discipline, and business model visibility.</li> <li>Lead performance tracking: NRR, take rate trends, margin profiles, CAC payback, LTV, product-level PL.<strong><br></strong></li> <li>Serve as a key strategist in global expansion financial frameworks, including cost modelling, entity ramp, and regulatory capital assumptions.</li> <li>Help build scalable planning processes, systems, and automation to support growth. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are (Must-Haves):</strong></p> <ul> <li>7–10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FPA, investment banking, consulting, or similar roles.<strong><br></strong></li> <li>Management ... (truncated, view full listing at source)