Custody Manager

Who We Are

Alpaca is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Our recent Series D funding round brought our total investment to over $320 million, fueling our ambitious vision. 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 9 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 top-tier global investors, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

You will be responsible for overseeing the safekeeping, settlement, and administration of client securities assets at Alpaca, ensuring the safety and integrity of billions of Saudi Riyals in customer holdings within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital markets. As part of the Operations team, you will manage the end-to-end custody lifecycle for Alpaca’s brokerage and Trading API customers, encompassing asset safekeeping, trade settlement, corporate actions processing, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting.

Working closely with the Securities Depository Center (Edaa), the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul), custodian banks, and internal stakeholders, you will ensure that custody operations run seamlessly and in full compliance with the Capital Market Authority (CMA) regulations and other applicable Saudi financial laws. We’re looking for someone who brings deep securities operations expertise within the Saudi or GCC market, enjoys building scalable processes, and thrives in a fast-paced, detail-driven environment.

Working collaboratively across compliance, engineering, and product teams, you’ll ensure the operational backbone of Alpaca’s platform is reliable, compliant, and built to scale in line with Saudi Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s evolving capital markets landscape.

• Own and manage the daily custody operations workflow, including trade settlement (T+2), asset transfers, and position reconciliation across Saudi-listed equities, Sukuk, and fixed-income instruments
• Serve as the primary point of contact with the Securities Depository Center (Edaa), the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul), custodian banks, and clearing entities
• Design and improve operational processes to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and support business growth in alignment with CMA requirements
• Lead corporate actions processing, including dividends, rights issues, stock splits, mergers, and Zatka-related distributions
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to automate custody workflows and reduce manual touchpoints
• Ensure compliance with CMA regulations, including the Securities Business Regulations, the Investment Funds Regulations, and client asset segregation requirements
• Liaise with the CMA and other Saudi regulatory bodies during audits, inspections, and reporting cycles
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of custody operations professionals

• 7+ years of experience in securities custody, clearing, or brokerage operations, preferably within the Saudi or GCC capital markets
• Strong knowledge of Edaa depository services, Tadawul settlement processes, and the Saudi securities lifecycle
• Deep understanding of CMA regulations, including the Securities Business Regulations, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules, and client asset protection requirements
• Familiarity with Saudi-listed asset classes including equities, Sukuk, ETFs, REITs, and government bonds
• Excellent communication and…