Strategic Finance Analyst II (Revenue)

About the role

The Strategic Finance team supports Affirm's growth in revenue streams with large business-to-business ("B2B") merchant partners. This role involves partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive business outcomes through strategic and analytic support, building and maintaining financial models, collaborating with the ML modeling team, establishing performance metrics, and delivering scalable financial dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional leaders (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 metrics
• Collaborate with the 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

Requirements

• Passion and drive to disrupt the lending and financial industry for the better
• Strong sense of ownership, intention, intellectual curiosity, and ability to think creatively and critically 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 ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear, concise reports
• High attention to detail but ability to see the big picture and evaluate analyses with strategic business context
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of navigating cross-functional collaborations effectively and being 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 (prepared for a financial model case study), and comfort with SQL, Sigma, Cursor, or other data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus

Qualifications

• Passion and drive to disrupt the lending and financial industry for the better
• Strong sense of ownership, intention, intellectual curiosity, and ability to think creatively and critically 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 ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear, concise reports
• High attention to detail but ability to see the big picture and evaluate analyses with strategic business context
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of navigating cross-functional collaborations effectively and being 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 (prepared for a financial model case study), and comfort with SQL, Sigma, Cursor, or other data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools
• Experience with merchant payments and B2B client relationship management
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Benefits

Equity grade - 4

Base pay range (USA): $101,000 - $151,000 per year (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT: $115,000 - $165,000)

Includes competitive benefits such as health care coverage, flexible spending wallets, time off, and an employee stock purchase plan.

Remote-first policy with the option to work from home or in-person in certain locations.

Additional benefits 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

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company!