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Alpaca

Senior Business Architect

Alpaca

. Map brokerage operations end to end across broker onboarding, account carrying, trade clearing/settlement, custody, books and records, financing, corporate actions, transfers, exceptions, and reporting.

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in mapping and optimizing brokerage operations, translating regulatory requirements into actionable product specifications, and leading structured discovery processes. Proficient in collaborating across product, engineering, and compliance teams to drive the development of Canadian brokerage capabilities.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Business ArchitectureBrokerage OperationsRegulatory Requirements TranslationStructured AnalysisClear Writing

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Hard Skills
Business AnalysisProduct RequirementsProcess MappingCapability DesignData DefinitionsException HandlingMVP SequencingOperational ModelingRisk ManagementSpecification Writing
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationStructured DiscoveryWorkshop FacilitationStakeholder Engagement
Tools & Technologies
APIPlatform Brokerage ProductsCursorClaudeChatGPT
Industry Keywords
BrokerageClearingCustodyCapital MarketsCanadian Tax RequirementsSelf-ClearingCanadian Settlement WorkflowsTFSARRSPRESP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Map brokerage operations end to end across broker onboarding, account carrying, trade clearing/settlement, custody, books and records, financing, corporate actions, transfers, exceptions, and reporting.
  • Define target operating models and capability designs, including platform functionality, manual processes, controls versus features, and Canada-specific versus globally reusable capabilities.
  • Translate regulatory and operational obligations into product requirements.
  • Write epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, edge cases, process maps, capability matrices, requirement specifications, data/field definitions, state machines, exception catalogs, RACI documents, and decision logs.
  • Work with Product Managers and Engineering to sequence MVP, launch, and scale priorities.
  • Interface across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance to translate business needs into buildable scope and escalate open decisions.
  • Run workshops, SME interviews, platform gap analyses, and reviews of peer operating models.
  • Design for straight-through processing, rules, automation, and AI-assisted exception handling.
  • Maintain a requirements backlog tied to ACCC milestones, risks, and open decisions.
  • Lead structured discovery for Canadian brokerage operations across accounts, trading, clearing, settlement, custody, and asset servicing.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, finance, or equivalent.
  • 8+ years as a business architect, business analyst, consultant or in product operations within brokerage, clearing, custody, or capital markets.
  • Comfortable translating brokerage operating processes and regulatory requirements into product language.
  • Strong structured analysis: flows, entities, states, exceptions, controls, and what breaks if a step is missing.
  • Clear writing: specs, diagrams, and decisions others can execute against.
  • Collaborative with Ops SMEs, PMs, Engineering, and Compliance.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across operations, product, engineering, and compliance.
  • Excited about standing up Canadian brokerage operations.
  • Comfortable operating as a senior IC reporting to the President.
  • Nice-to-have: experience on a carrying, self-clearing, or custody build.
  • Nice-to-have: Canadian dealer, carrying broker, or introducing broker experience.
  • Nice-to-have: prior business or enterprise/solution architecture exposure in capital markets.
  • Nice-to-have: familiarity with CDS or Canadian settlement workflows.
  • Nice-to-have: experience with registered accounts or Canadian tax requirements (TFSA, RRSP, RESP).
  • Nice-to-have: background with API or platform brokerage products.
  • Nice-to-have: experience working at a fintech, startup, or greenfield launch.
  • Nice-to-have: recurring use of Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT in spec drafting, discovery synthesis, and gap analysis.
  • Nice-to-have: experience shaping greenfield capability roadmaps with executive sponsors.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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