Manager, Tax Reporting and Cost Basis

<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>As the Manager, Tax Reporting and Cost Basis, you will serve as the right-hand and operational backup to the Senior Manager of Tax Reporting and Cost Basis Operations. This role combines hands-on execution with strategic oversight, ensuring tax reporting, cost basis, and withholding operations run smoothly, accurately, and on time. </p> <p>You will play a critical role in ensuring accurate U.S. tax reporting, withholding, and regulatory compliance across domestic and cross-border accounts, including fully disclosed and omnibus-style arrangements, while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations to scale and mature Alpaca’s tax program.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Things you get to do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead annual tax reporting cycles, including timely and accurate production of Composite 1099 statements and Forms 1042-S</li> <li>Execute and oversee withholding agent responsibilities under Chapter 3, Chapter 4 (FATCA), and backup withholding</li> <li>Prepare, file, and reconcile Forms 1042 and 945, including timely tax deposits and reconciliation of reported amounts</li> <li>Ensure compliant setup and execution of tax reporting and withholding for complex ownership structures, including: Qualified Intermediaries, Non-Qualified intermediaries, fully disclosed and omnibus arrangements </li> <li>Serve as an internal SME on beneficial owner determination, withholding rates, and reporting responsibility</li> <li>Review and operationalize W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, and W-8IMY documentation, including withholding statements and income allocation</li> <li>Manage Alpaca’s tax reporting vendor, FIS, relationship, including data quality, error and warning remediation, delivery timelines, and process improvements</li> <li>Coordinate and respond to tax-related audits, examinations, and IRS notices (e.g., CP2100)</li> <li>Act as a backup to the Senior Manager, ensuring continuity of tax reporting and cost basis operations</li> <li>Partner with Product, En ... (truncated, view full listing at source)