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Affirm
Posted 65 days ago
Analytics Lead, Strategic Insights
Brief overview
Remote Canada, Remote USRemote
$109,000 - $159,000/yrStated salary range
5+ yearsMinimum professional experience required
239 H-1B visa approvals on recordVerified U.S. Department of Labor sponsorship history
106 green card filings certifiedCompany has a verified history of sponsoring permanent residency
SQL
Data visualization (Sigma, Looker, Tableau)
Python (preferred)
Analytical framework development
Experiment design and analysis
KPI definition and benchmarking
Stakeholder communication and storytelling
Cross-functional collaboration
Project management
Business case development
Dashboard creation and automation

Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.

Visa Sponsorship HistoryData powered by U.S. Department of Labor. This does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
239H-1B approved
98%approval rate
106PERM certified
4years sponsoring
46 new H-1B hiresActively sponsoring new employees, not just renewals
Median sponsored wage: $181,790/yrBased on Labor Condition Application filings
Top sponsored rolesSenior Software Engineer, Software Engineer II, Analytics Lead, Analyst II, Full Stack, Quantitative Analyst II
Sponsored employees fromIndia, China, Canada, Italy, Singapore
Most recent filing: FY2026Latest fiscal year with government sponsorship activity

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 Revenue team 

The Revenue team drives Affirm’s top-line growth through strategic partnerships, pricing, and go-to-market execution. We acquire, retain, and expand merchant relationships across eCommerce, in-store, telesales, and the Affirm app. The team leads onboarding, relationship management, and performance optimization to help partners succeed. We deliver value-added solutions, drive adoption, and support long-term business growth by connecting merchants and consumers through Affirm’s products.We’re looking for intelligent, driven professionals to join our Revenue Analytics team. This team is responsible for comprehensive analyses, reporting, and data solutions to support and grow our Revenue segments.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem solving skills, the ability to craft comprehensive narratives for both internal and external stakeholders, and produce tools and solutions to scale data usage with Revenue. In addition to analytical rigor, the ideal candidate has strong interpersonal skills to work proactively within the organization and with clients to drive forward recommendations.

What You’ll Do

Optimize decisions and execution with analyses, and communicate to internal and external stakeholders

  • Partner with our Strategic Alliances and Client Success Teams as the data SME for respective Revenue segments and merchants.

  • Create business cases, insights, and dashboards as well as handle experiments to engage Affirm’s external merchant base; demonstrating Affirm’s value proposition and product performance.

  • Create internal analyses to assess Revenue performance, drive recommendations, and inform critical decisions; using insights to serve segment strategy and execution.

Scale impact

  • Standardize common use cases, provide the analytics infrastructure, and automate analyses and dashboards to scale decisions and execution within Revenue and with top external merchants.

Own comprehensive analytics solutions

  • Define KPIs, performance benchmarks, and methodologies, including identifying and working with unstructured and structured data sources (in-house and third-party) to enable solutions and generate actionable insights.

  • Provide project and analytics guidance to a cross-functional team, acting as the analytics point of contact.

  • Propose, monitor, and contextualize experiment design and execution to drive optimizations of Affirm’s GTM efforts, empirically quantify the value of Affirm to our prospective merchants, and upsell enhanced offers to existing merchants.

What We Look For

  • 5+ years of experience in an analytically-driven role (consulting, finance, analytics, etc).

  • Strong working knowledge of SQL, data visualization tools (e.g. Sigma, Looker, Tableau). Understanding or a demonstrated aptitude to learn Python is a plus.

  • Exceptional problem-solving skills, including ability to operate in ambiguity and establishing analytical frameworks to apply to business problems.

  • Ability to create structure in ambiguous situations, such as aligning stakeholders, or choosing the most impactful data to drive decisions.

  • Ability to communicate effectively, and craft compelling narratives to influence business and technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization, internally and externally.

  • Strong organization and execution skills, including ability to operate independently and drive multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously to drive business goals.

  • Prior track record in building successful cross-functional relationships with partners internally and externally.

  • Self-starter and a track record of successfully driving projects from end to end (from building strategy to implementation).

  • Passion and drive to disrupt both the retail and lending industry for the better.

  • Enough laziness to find a faster way to do your least favorite tasks.

  • Humility and a team player - you go out of your way to help teammates.

Nice to Have

  • Knowledge of the FinTech or Payments industry.

  • Demonstrated aptitude in AI tools for analytics (Cursor, Claude Code, etc).

Base Pay Grade - KEquity Grade - 4Affirm 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, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).CAN base pay range per year: $109,000 - $159,000

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.#LI-Remote  

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. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

  • Health care coverage - Affirm 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 Affirm 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, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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