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, and they are seeking a Strategic Finance Analyst II to support the growth of their revenue streams with B2B merchant partners. The role involves partnering with cross-functional leaders, building financial models, and establishing performance metrics to drive accountability for results.
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
- Benefits (including 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
Company Overview
Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.affirm.com.