Financial Model Risk Management Lead

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Financial Model Risk Management Lead independently validating finance and analytics models. Strengthening risk governance for Affirm’s transparent buy-now-pay-later credit platform.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform independent challenges of financial and analytics quantitative models, including ALM, allowance/loss forecasting, loan transition models, corporate financial planning models, take-up and engagement models, and related decision-support analytics
  • Lead end-to-end validation engagements on high-complexity, high-criticality models
  • Identify model weaknesses, limitations, and opportunities for improvement
  • Clearly articulate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Collaborate with model owners and stakeholders across Finance, Quantitative Research, and Growth Analytics to remediate validation findings and strengthen model governance
  • Partner cross-functionally to implement and maintain Affirm’s Model Risk Management framework
  • Partner with Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Accounting, and Compliance to resolve audit, regulatory, and examiner requests on time

Requirements:

  • 4–6 years of professional experience in model development, model validation, quantitative finance, or data analytics, with meaningful exposure to financial and/or analytics model validation
  • Deep and broad knowledge of corporate finance, treasury, ALM, and/or actuarial/statistical forecasting
  • Experience in credit underwriting or credit risk management is a plus
  • Ability to work with scripting languages such as Python and large-scale datasets such as SQL
  • Comfort reviewing models built in Excel, Python, Databricks, or similar environments
  • Experience with statistical modeling, time-series forecasting, simulation, and/or machine learning techniques applied to finance and analytics use cases
  • BS, MS, or PhD in a quantitative field such as Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or Data Science
  • Detail-oriented and intellectually curious about data, models, and business context
  • Critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills
  • Extraordinary interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
  • Ability to influence model owners, present to senior stakeholders, and navigate cross-functional remediation

Benefits:

  • Base pay may include equity rewards
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
  • 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
  • Health care coverage with all premiums covered for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets with stipends for Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) enabling employees to buy Affirm shares at a discount
  • Reasonable accommodations during the hiring process