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We are an independent broker-dealer that clears through Apex Clearing. We want someone with strong brokerage operations experience who’s eager to build something better, not just maintain what’s already in place.\nYou’ll oversee our operations team, handle daily controls, reconciliations, and exception management, and work as a registered principal. You’ll also manage our daily relationship with Apex and make sure issues get resolved quickly.\nThis job means working closely with Compliance, Risk, Trading, Product, Engineering, our advisors, and our clearing and tech partners. You’ll need to dig into problems, figure out what’s wrong, and get things fixed for the long term.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead, hire, and coach the operations team, set clear standards, and keep everyone accountable\n\nServe as the registered principal over operations and maintain updated Written Supervisory Procedures\n\nOversee daily reconciliations, operational controls, and exception reviews\n\nAct as the main contact for Apex Clearing, making sure breaks, rejects, and service issues are resolved\n\nInvestigate and clear position, cash, trade, settlement, margin, and buying power breaks\n\nManage equities and listed options across the trade lifecycle, including exercises, assignments, and corrections\n\nOversee money movement, ACATS, new accounts, and account maintenance\n\nStay ahead of margin calls, corporate actions, and other operational exceptions\n\nFind recurring problems and put permanent fixes in place instead of relying on workarounds\n\nWork with Product and Engineering to automate manual tasks and improve dashboards and exception monitoring\n\nHelp Compliance with FINRA and SEC exams, inquiries, and regulatory reporting\n\nSupport advisor onboarding and book transitions as we grow\n\nWho We’re Looking For\n5+ years’ experience in brokerage, clearing, or broker-dealer operations\n\n2+ years in a people management or operations lead role\n\nFINRA Series 24, or willingness to obtain within 90 days of hire. Series 7 and SIE are required\n\nExperience with a fully disclosed clearing firm, ideally Apex\n\nStrong grasp of the U.S. securities trade lifecycle, cashiering, ACATS, margin, and corporate actions\n\nSolid experience with equities and listed options\n\nComfortable working through position, cash, trade, settlement, or reconciliation breaks\n\nGood with Excel or Google Sheets and handling large data sets across several systems\n\nStrong sense of urgency and follow-through on getting issues fixed\n\nProblem solver who wants to improve processes, not just work around problems\n\nAble to provide coverage during U.S. market hours\n\nBonus Points For:\nSeries 4, Options Principal, or Series 9/10\n\nExperience at an IBD or fintech broker-dealer\n\nSQL skills\n\nExperience with APIs, SFTP, CSV, JSON, FIX, or similar financial data formats\n\nBuilding or automating reconciliations, dashboards, or exception monitoring\n\nFamiliarity with CAT/CAIS, Rule 605/606, or similar broker-dealer regulatory reporting\n\nSeries 24 is required due to the supervisory aspect of this role. 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