Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. The Strategic Finance Analyst II role focuses on supporting the growth of Affirm’s revenue streams by partnering with cross-functional leaders, building financial models, and delivering insights to drive business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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
- Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams a plus
- Python knowledge a plus
Benefits
- Equity rewards
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
- 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
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