Director, Corporate Actions

Your Role:

• Lead Alpaca’s Corporate Actions organization across mandatory and voluntary events, including dividends, splits, mergers, and more.
• Establish and own the supervisory framework with maker-checker standards, control gates, and escalation thresholds.
• Partner with Security Master, Trading, Ledger, Product, Engineering, and Operations to eliminate failure modes.

Supervisory Controls & Systems Oversight:

• Design controls over event terms, eligible positions, and entitlements to ensure accuracy before market deadlines.
• Oversee booking of entitlements and ensure propagation across Back Office, Front Office, and customer positions.
• Define approval thresholds, supervisory evidence, and management reporting for all events.

Qualifications (Must-Haves):

• 8+ years of Corporate Actions experience within a broker-dealer or financial institution.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. and international market infrastructure, including DTCC/DTC processes.
• Strong incident-management discipline and ability to partner with Product and Engineering for scalable solutions.