# Financial Model Risk Management Lead at Affirm

- Company: Affirm
- What the company does: Buy now pay later without the fees. Flexible payment options with longer plans, lower payments, and no fees. Pay in 4 interest-free or get more time and see your total cost upfront. Backed by Battery, Khosla and Lightspeed.
- Company website: http://www.affirm.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $185K to $245K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7815948003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/affirm-financial-model-risk-management-lead/

## About the role

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.)

## What they're looking for

- Lead end-to-end validation engagements on high-complexity, high-criticality models
- Identify model weaknesses, limitations, and opportunities for improvement, 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 cross-functionally to implement and maintain the company's MRM framework
- Partner with Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Accounting, and Compliance to ensure timely resolution of audit, regulatory, and examiner requests

Tags: Internal Audit