Strategy & Operations Manager - Brokerage

The role

The Strategy & Operations Manager - Brokerage will own day-to-day operations for Savvy's broker-dealer. This person will build and run operational workflows, manage account and cashiering operations, and support legal and compliance functions.

What you will do

• Build and run the end-to-end operational workflow across the brokerage lifecycle
• Establish a process for monitoring post-trade activity and resolving issues
• Create the workflow for investigating and correcting errors and keeping records reconciled
• Build the framework for managing corporate action communications
• Establish quality-control review processes and documentation
• Build the workflow for supporting regulatory reporting requirements
• Identify opportunities to deploy AI tools and agentic workflows
• Design and run the workflow for reviewing, approving, and processing client money movement requests
• Build and maintain monitoring processes to flag anomalous account activity
• Support the Legal & Compliance team with FINRA and audit requests

Required qualifications

• 3-5 years of total experience across investment banking, consulting, or fintech startups
• High attention to detail and comfort operating with real ambiguity
• Strong process orientation
• Comfortable partnering across Investment Operations, Compliance/Legal, and Product/Engineering
• Comfort using AI/automation tools to reduce manual reconciliation and exception-detection work
• Experience at a high-growth fintech or startup, or building an operations function from the ground up

Nice to have

• Prior experience at an introducing broker-dealer or clearing firm (e.g., Fidelity NFS, Pershing, Apex)
• Familiarity with cashiering operations: money movement approvals, wire approvals, AML alert monitoring
• Working knowledge of the trade lifecycle
• Understanding of FINRA/SEC compliance reporting requirements
• SIE, Series 4, 53

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Generous relocation package to help top talent make the move to our NYC office
• Unlimited PTO + paid company holidays
• Access to holistic medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company 401(k) (including Mega backdoor Roth options)
• Commuter, and HSA/FSA plans
• Lunch and snacks provided in the office, & dinner if you stay late
• Access to virtual mental health care (Spring Health) and health concierge (Rightway)
• Access to counseling for stress management, dependent care, nutrition, fitness, legal, and financial issues (Guardian WorkLifeMatters EAP)

About the company

Savvy is a registered investment advisor (RIA) that provides a modern, AI-native home for independent financial advisors. The company is a Series C startup with 170+ people.