Sr Strategy & Analytics Analyst (Digital Assets)

APEX Fintech Services; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a Senior Strategy Analyst, Digital Assets to help launch and scale our crypto offerings. You will shape product requirements and operating processes across a crypto brokerage, stablecoin funding, and tokenized assets.

You will partner with product, legal, and compliance teams to translate market research into actionable roadmaps and ensure regulatory alignment while representing Apex at industry events.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in digital assets, capital markets, or fintech.
• Hands-on experience launching or operating a crypto brokerage or tokenized assets.
• Experience writing technical requirements and process docs.
• Experience with vendors and legal counsel.

Responsibilities

• Define crypto brokerage, stablecoin funding, and tokenized asset offerings.
• Document business requirements and client workflows for delivery.
• Establish day-to-day crypto brokerage operations including onboarding and settlement.
• Research market structure, regulation, and competitors, and translate to roadmaps.
• Collaborate with vendors, custody providers, liquidity partners, and legal teams.
• Represent Apex at industry conferences and client meetings.

Skills

Research & analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Requirements documentation

Vendor collaboration

Executive communication

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.

At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest.

When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees.

Together, we're shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. - grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork - with Apex.

We're proud to be recognized for the innovative work we do, the purpose-driven nature of our work, and the collaborative culture we've created. Here are just a few of the many awards we've recently received:

• Best Places to Work 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 - Presented by BuiltIn
• WealthTech of the Year 2025 - Presented by US FinTech Awards
• The World's Top 250 Fintech Companies 2024 - Presented by CNBC

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Senior Strategy Analyst, Digital Assets helps launch and scale Apex's digital asset offerings. This person works across three initiatives: a crypto retail brokerage, stablecoin funding for our U.S. broker-dealer, and tokenized equities and other tokenized assets. The role is a subject matter expert who turns market and regulatory research into product requirements, operational processes, and vendor and legal decisions. It requires working knowledge of digital assets on day one.

Key Responsibilities:

• Digital Asset Product and Business Build (40%)
  • Act as SME for technology and product in defining the crypto brokerage, stablecoin funding, and tokenized asset offerings.
  • Document business requirements, operating processes, and client workflows. Hand them off to Product Delivery [per the continuous execution model].
  • Help establish the day-to-day operations of the crypto brokerage, including onboarding, custody, liquidity, settlement, and reconciliation.
  • Help expand the stablecoin offering into tokenized asset settlement, yield, and other client products.
• Research and Strategy (25%)
  • Research market structure, regulation, competitors, and emerging products in digital assets and tokenization.
  • Turn findings into clear recommendations and executive briefings.
  • Track market and regulatory developments and flag their impact on the roadmap.
• Vendor, Legal, and Regulatory Partnership (25%)
  • Evaluate and work with vendors, custodians, liquidity providers, and technology partners.
  • Work with outside counsel, internal Legal, and Compliance on regulatory analysis, filings, and policy.
• External Representation (10%)
  • Respond to client and prospect questions where appropriate.
  • Represent Apex at industry conferences and events as needed.

Education and Experience:

Required:

• 3-5 years in digital assets, capital markets, or fintech, with hands‑on experience in at least one of: launching or operating a crypto brokerage or exchange, stablecoin payments or funding, or tokenized securities.
• Working knowledge of how digital assets, stablecoins, and tokenization work, including wallets, custody, and on/off-ramps. No ramp-up on the basics.
• Experience writing requirements and process documentation for technical products.
• Experience working with vendors and legal counsel.

Preferred:

• Broker‑dealer experience (FINRA/SEC, custody, net capital, settlement).
• Experience at a crypto-native firm or a traditional firm's digital assets group.
• Familiarity with smart contracts or blockchain infrastructure.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to distill complex regulatory and technical topics into clear recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level presentations.
• Comfort working through ambiguity on new products with no existing playbook.
• Ability to run several workstreams at once and move between strategy and execution.
• Credible, polished external presence with clients, vendors, regulators, and conference audiences.

Work Environment:

This job operates in an office environment.

This job operates remotely on a hybrid schedule in office.

This job may require up to [15-20]% travel, including conferences.

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