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 across different revenue streams
- Collaborate with the ML modeling team to integrate your financial models with aggregated ML forecasts
- Establish top-line performance metrics and targets, analyze realized financial performance, 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 of experience in analytical roles such as 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 also the 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, comfortable with SQL, Sigma, Cursor, or other data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus
Qualifications
- Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related field
- CPA certification preferred
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Data analysis
- Business intelligence
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Communication and presentation skills
Benefits
Base pay ranges from $101,000 to $151,000 per year in the USA, depending on location and experience. Additional benefits include:
- 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
- Flexible spending wallets for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family formation expenses
- Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Pay
Pay grade: I
Equity grade: 4
Schedule
Remote-first, with occasional in-office requirements for proximal roles.
Location
Remote within the country of employment. Proximal roles may require occasional in-office visits.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. Affirm does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on any legally protected status.