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 user and 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, with 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 (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, with 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 (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
• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools
• Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills

Benefits

• Competitive base pay ranging from $101,000 to $165,000 per year, depending on location
• Equity grade 4
• Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending
• Time off including competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Pay

Pay Grade - I

Schedule

Remote-first

Company Culture

• People come first
• Flexible benefits including health care coverage, flexible spending wallets, time off, and ESPP
• Inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities
• Reasonable accommodations provided for candidates in need