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 will support the growth of Affirm’s revenue streams by 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; Python knowledge a plus
- Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams a plus
Benefits
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- Benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents)
- Employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company)
- Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- 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.Company H1B Sponsorship
Affirm has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 11 in 2026, 104 in 2025, 96 in 2024, 133 in 2023, 179 in 2022, 132 in 2021, 57 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.