Director, Global Corporate Actions & Controls

Alpaca; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Stock Options

New Hire Home-Office Setup: USD 500

Monthly Stipend: USD 150

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a Director, Global Corporate Actions Operations and Oversight to own the function across U.S. and international markets.

This leader will manage daily production, supervisory controls, incident management, and the operating model required to scale Corporate Actions globally. You will lead the Corporate Actions organization across events, establish a robust maker-checker framework, and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and risk controls across Back Office, Front Office, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Corporate Actions experience within a broker-dealer, clearing firm, custodian, bank, or comparable financial institution.
• Prior leadership experience managing a Corporate Actions or securities operations function.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of mandatory and voluntary Corporate Actions, including dividends, reorganizations, splits, mergers, tenders, rights, redemptions, elections, entitlements, and security lifecycle events.

Responsibilities

• Lead Alpaca's Corporate Actions organization across mandatory and voluntary events.
• Establish and own the supervisory framework governing Corporate Actions with maker-checker standards and control gates.
• Oversee end-to-end processing with accurate entitlements and timely reconciliations.
• Own material Corporate Actions incidents from containment through remediation and permanent controls.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Ops leadership to eliminate recurring failures and strengthen controls.
• Drive automation, observability, reconciliation, and exception tooling to reduce manual processing.

Skills

Corporate Actions leadership

Incident management

Operational risk

Maker-checker controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Process automation

Project management

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Tools

DTCC/DTC processes

Security Master systems

Back Office systems

Job description

Alpaca is seeking a Director, Global Corporate Actions Operations and Oversight to own the function across U.S. and international markets.

This leader will manage daily production, supervisory controls, incident management, and the operating model required to scale Corporate Actions globally. You will lead the Corporate Actions organization across events, establish a robust maker-checker framework, and ensure accuracy, timeliness, and risk controls across Back Office, Front Office, and