Strategic Finance Analyst II (Revenue)

About the role

The Strategic Finance team supports the growth of Affirm’s top-line 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 top-line performance metrics, analyzing realized financial performance, and designing and delivering scalable automated user and financial dashboards.

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

Requirements

• 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
• Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams a plus
• 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

Qualifications

• 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 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
• Experience with merchant payments and/or providing analytical support to B2B client relationship and sales teams a plus
• 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

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent Excel and SQL skills
• Experience with machine learning and data modeling
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Benefits

Equity Grade - 4
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $115,000 - $165,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $101,000 - $151,000

Pay

Pay Grade - I

Schedule

Remote-first