Financial Model Risk Management Lead

Affirm
Canada
Workplace: RemoteContractUSD 145,000 - 205,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 4-6 yearsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Structured problem-solving","Interpersonal skills","Communication","Stakeholder management"]

Lead independent validation and ongoing monitoring of Affirm’s financial and analytics quantitative models, from ALM and allowance/loss forecasting to loan transition, planning, and decision-support analytics. Own end-to-end validation engagements for high-complexity, high-criticality models, clearly communicate model weaknesses and remediation opportunities to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and partner cross-functionally to strengthen the Model Risk Management framework across Finance, Quantitative Research, Growth Analytics, and Internal Audit.

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Financial Model Risk Management Lead

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Job Summary

Lead independent validation and ongoing monitoring of Affirm’s financial and analytics quantitative models, from ALM and allowance/loss forecasting to loan transition, planning, and decision-support analytics. Own end-to-end validation engagements for high-complexity, high-criticality models, clearly communicate model weaknesses and remediation opportunities to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and partner cross-functionally to strengthen the Model Risk Management framework across Finance, Quantitative Research, Growth Analytics, and Internal Audit.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform independent challenges of financial and analytics quantitative models (e.g., ALM, allowance/loss forecasting, loan transition models, corporate financial planning, take-up/engagement analytics) through validation and monitoring.
  • •Lead end-to-end validation engagements for high-complexity, high-criticality models.
  • •Identify model weaknesses, limitations, and improvement opportunities; articulate findings clearly 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 with Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Accounting, and Compliance to ensure timely resolution of audit, regulatory, and examiner requests.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 145,000 - 205,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •4–6 years of experience in related technical areas (model development, model validation, quantitative finance, or data analytics) with meaningful exposure to financial/analytics model validation
  • •Strong knowledge of corporate finance, treasury, ALM, and/or actuarial/statistical forecasting
  • •Experience reviewing models built in Excel, Python, Databricks, or similar environments; proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., Python) and large-scale datasets (e.g., SQL)
  • •Experience with statistical modeling, time-series forecasting, simulation, and/or machine learning applied to finance and analytics use cases
  • •BS, MS, or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science)
Experience:4-6 yearsCredit underwritingCredit risk managementFinancial servicesData analytics
Education:
Skills:Critical thinkingStructured problem-solvingInterpersonal skillsCommunicationStakeholder management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonSQLExcelDatabricksMachine learningStatistical modelingTime-series forecastingSimulationALM

Company Brief

Affirm
Provides point-of-sale lending and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions for consumers and merchants, enabling installment payments, consumer financing, and embedded financial services through APIs and partnerships with retailers and platforms.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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