Affirm
Financial Model Risk Management Lead
$145K–$205K
Remote Canada +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Remote Canada
Remote US - Experience
- 4–6 years of professional experience in related technical areas, with meaningful exposure to financial and/or analytics model validation.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in a quantitative field; no equivalent-experience alternative is stated.
About the job
Leads independent validation and ongoing monitoring of Affirm’s Finance and Analytics models, identifies risks and improvements, and supports model governance and remediation.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end validation and ongoing monitoring of high-complexity financial and analytics models.
- Communicate model weaknesses and validation findings, and work with stakeholders on remediation.
- Help implement the MRM framework and coordinate responses to audit, regulatory, and examiner requests.
What they ask for
- Deep and broad knowledge of corporate finance, treasury, ALM, and/or actuarial/statistical forecasting.
- Experience with statistical modeling, time-series forecasting, simulation, and/or machine learning applied to finance and analytics.
- Ability to use scripting languages and large-scale datasets, and review models in Excel, Python, Databricks, or similar environments.
- BS, MS, or PhD in a quantitative field such as Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or Data Science.
Nice to have
- Experience in credit underwriting or credit risk management.
Pay
$145,000 - $205,000 USD base salary per year
Tools
Python, SQL, Excel, Databricks
AI focus
Validation and monitoring of models using machine learning techniques in finance and analytics use cases.
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