Due Diligence Analyst

Diagram; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health benefits

Home-office setup (one-time USD 500)

Monthly stipend USD 150

Job summary

Alpaca is seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented Due Diligence Analyst to join our Risk team. You’ll help onboard new partners, ensuring compliance, AML, and risk standards are met before launch.

This role involves partner-facing duties, cross-functional collaboration, and managing multiple onboarding workstreams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate brings 2–3 years in risk/compliance, strong analytical skills, and experience reviewing regulatory materials across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience in risk management, third-party risk, compliance, AML, or related functions within financial services or regulated industries.
• Experience reviewing diligence materials across jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
• Strong analytical skills to identify anomalies and risk indicators.

Responsibilities

• Support due diligence reviews for new and existing partners, including fintechs and financial institutions.
• Communicate requirements, timelines, and missing documents to onboarding partners globally.
• Conduct third-party risk management processes: KYC, KYB, enhanced due diligence, policy reviews, onboarding flow reviews, risk assessments.
• Review partner documentation for completeness and potential risk indicators.
• Track onboarding progress and ensure documents are submitted before launch deadlines.
• Collaborate with Operations, Compliance, AML, Legal, Product, and Project Management to meet requirements.
• Identify gaps and contribute to process improvements in onboarding and diligence.
• Maintain accurate records of reviews, decisions, and supporting documentation.

Skills

Due diligence

Risk assessment

KYC/KYB

AML

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Risk Management, or related field

Tools

GRC tools

CRM/case management systems

Job description

Who We Are:

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.

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 10 million brokerage accounts.

Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. 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.

Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

Our Team Members:

We're a dynamic team of 400+ 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!

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.

About the Role

Alpaca is looking for a collaborative and detail-oriented Due Diligence Analyst to join our Risk team. In this role, you will support the onboarding of new partners, including international fintechs and financial institutions, by helping ensure that required due diligence, risk, compliance, and AML standards are met before launch.

This is a hands-on, partner-facing role that sits at the intersection of risk management, third-party due diligence, compliance, operations, and project execution. You will help evaluate prospective partners, review key documentation, coordinate internal requirements, and guide partners through the onboarding process.

The ideal candidate is organized, analytical, comfortable communicating with external stakeholders, and able to manage multiple onboarding workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support due diligence reviews for new and existing partners, including fintech companies, financial institutions, vendors, and other third-party service providers.
• Communicate regularly with prospective and onboarding partners globally to help them understand requirements, timelines, and outstanding documentation needs.
• Conduct and support third-party risk management processes, including KYC, KYB, enhanced due diligence, policy and procedure reviews, customer onboarding flow reviews, and risk assessments.
• Review partner-provided documentation for completeness, consistency, and potential risk indicators.
• Track partner onboarding progress, follow up on outstanding items, and help ensure required documents are submitted ahead of launch deadlines.
• Respond to partner questions related to the onboarding and due diligence process, escalating requests or issues as appropriate.
• Work closely with internal teams, including Operations, Compliance, AML, Legal, Product, and Project Management, to ensure partner integrations meet internal requirements.
• Identify process gaps, recurring partner questions, or documentation issues, and contribute to improvements in the partner onboarding and diligence process.
• Maintain accurate records of diligence reviews, decisions, approvals, and supporting documentation.

What You’ll Need

• Experience: 2–3 years of experience in risk management, operational risk, third-party risk, compliance, AML, financial crime, or related functions within financial services, fintech, brokerage, or another regulated industry.
• International Mindset: Comfort working with international partners and reviewing diligence materials across different jurisdictions and regulatory environments.
• Analytical Skills: Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify anomalies, inconsistencies, gaps, and potential risk indicators in documentation, data, and partner responses.
• Organizational Skills: Strong project management and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple partner onboarding processes simultaneously.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain requirements clearly to external partners and internal stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to work effectively across Risk, Compliance, AML, Operations, Legal, Product, and Project Management teams.
• Proactive Ownership: A self-starter mindset with strong accountability, sound judgment, and the ability to operate independently in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Risk Management, Criminal Justice, International Relations, or a related field.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with financial services regulatory expectations, including BSA/AML, KYC, KYB, enhanced due diligence, and third-party risk management practices.
• Experience supporting partner, vendor, or third-party onboarding in a fintech, brokerage, payments, banking, or financial services environment.
• Understanding of operational resilience, business continuity, cybersecurity, data protection, or outsourcing risk frameworks.
• Experience reviewing policies and procedures related to AML, sanctions, customer onboarding, fraud, compliance, or operational controls.
• Familiarity with broker-dealer, introducing broker, or embedded finance models.
• Experience using case management, GRC, CRM, or project tracking tools.

How We Take Care of You:

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.