Due Diligence Analyst - APAC

About the Position

Due Diligence Analyst - APAC

Remote

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About the Company

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

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Responsibilities

• 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.

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Requirements

• 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.

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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.

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We Offer

• 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

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