Affirm

Strategic Finance Analyst II (Revenue)

Affirm$102K — $155K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in analytical roles like strategic finance, investment banking, or data science
  • Exceptional analytical skills to synthesize complex financial data
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and familiarity with data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus
  • Experience with B2B sales analytics is a plus
  • Curious mindset to innovate processes and models involving AI
  • Attention to detail while maintaining a strategic viewpoint

Responsibilities

  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to drive business outcomes
  • Build and maintain financial models for forecasting and variance analysis
  • Collaborate with ML modeling team to integrate forecasts with financial models
  • Establish and report on performance metrics for top-line financial results
  • Design scalable dashboards for cross-departmental and executive use

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
  • Generous stipends for technology, food, and lifestyle needs
  • Flexible vacation and holiday time for work-life balance
  • Employee stock purchase plan offering shares at a discount
Full Job Description
About the team

We're looking for a passionate and analytically minded professional to join the Strategic Finance team to support the growth of Affirm's top-line in revenue streams with large business-to-business ("B2B") merchant partners. Strategic Finance is responsible for driving company strategy, empowering executive decision making with real time forecasts and analytics, and guiding the company towards achieving its goals. This high impact, highly visible role sits on the Revenue Finance group, a scrappy, tight-knit team with outsized cross-functional impact and ownership. The ideal candidate will not only have superb technical skills but also strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and present to all levels of the organization.

What you'll do
  • Partner with cross functional leaders (i.e. Product, Growth Analytics, Credit, Revenue and, Merchant Pricing) to drive business outcomes through strategic and analytic support
  • Build and maintain financial models to forecast, reconcile, and describe variances for our gamut of metrics
  • Collaborate with our ML modeling team to marry your modeling with aggregated ML forecasts
  • Establish top-line performance metrics and targets, analyze and report realized financial performance to Executives and other company leaders, and drive accountability for results
  • Design and deliver scalable automated user and financial dashboards and analytics for cross departmental and executive consumption

What we look for
  • Passion and drive to disrupt the lending and financial industry for the better
  • Strong sense of ownership, intention, intellectual curiosity, and an ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment
  • 2+ years experience in fast-paced analytical roles (strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, data science, analytics, etc.)
  • Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear, concise reports
  • High attention to detail but an equally important ability to see the big picture and evaluate analyses with strategic business context
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the capability to navigate cross-functional collaborations effectively and be front and center with company executives
  • Curiosity to build things (processes, models, etc.) with/for/around AI
  • Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams a plus
  • Excellent working proficiency in excel (you should be prepared for a financial model case study), and comfort with SQL, Sigma, Cursor and/or other data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus

Pay Grade - I
Equity Grade - 4

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $115,000 - $155,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $102,000 - $142,000

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

#LI-Remote

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We're extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

About Affirm

Affirm is a publicly traded financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase. Affirm was founded in 2012 by Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, and Alex Rampell as part of the initial portfolio of startup studio HVF. Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, became CEO of Affirm in 2014. In October 2017, the company launched a consumer app that allowed loans for purchases at any retailer. The company announced a partnership with Walmart in February 2019. Under the partnership, Affirm is available to customers in-store and on the Walmart website. Affirm has partnered with e-commerce platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Zen-Cart. On November 18, 2020, Affirm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an initial public offering. On December 12, 2020, it was reported that Affirm had postponed its IPO. On January 13, 2021, Affirm became listed on NASDAQ with symbol AFRM, raising about $1.2 billion in its IPO. By the next day, the price of shares had doubled, making Levchin's stake worth about $2.5 billion. In May 2021, Affirm acquired Returnly, a financial technology service company, for $300 million.
Learn more about Affirm
Size
1,300 employees
Market Cap
$2.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$97.6 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$617.1 million
NASDAQ

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