Strategic Finance Lead (Revenue), Kitchener

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.

About The Finance Team The Finance team ensures Affirms remains financially sound and strategically positioned for growth. Our team manages financial planning, accounting, pricing, vendor management, tax, investor relations, and corporate development. We deliver timely insights, accurate reporting, and careful analysis to support decision‑making. From day‑to‑day financial operations to major investments, we enable sustainable, informed growth by maintaining strong fiscal discipline.

About The Team We’re looking for a passionate and analytically minded professional to join the Strategic Finance team to support the growth of Affirms top‑line revenue streams with large business‑to‑business (“B2B”) merchant partners. Strategic Finance is responsible for driving company strategy, empowering executive decision‑making with real‑time forecasts and analytics, and guiding the company toward achieving its goals. This high‑impact, highly visible role sits on the Revenue Finance group, a scrappy, tight‑knit team with outsized cross‑functional impact and ownership. The ideal candidate will not only have superb technical skills but also strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and present to all levels of the organization.

What You’ll Do

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

What We Look For

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

5+ 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

Building contextual models / files a plus

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, Looker and/or other data visualization tools; Python knowledge a plus

Pay Grade - K

Equity Grade - 4

Employees new to Affirms 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 monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirms Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $109,000 - $159,000

Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Employees in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirms office. A limited number of roles remain office‑based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

Benefits

Health care coverage - Affirms 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 Affirms at a discount

We believe It’s On Us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirms will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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