Quantitative Analytics Manager

Affirm

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$220,000–$280,000 / yr
Posted
44 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $193k
This role $250k
$142k most similar roles pay here $295k

This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $161,250–$225,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $250k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

Based on 239 similar postings.

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About Affirm

Affirm is a buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financial technology company that offers point-of-sale installment loans to consumers, allowing them to split purchases into fixed monthly payments with transparent terms. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending

Affirm currently has 60 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $195,000–$255,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Quantitative Analytics Manager

The Quantitative Analytics Manager, Affirm Bank Model Governance joins the Bank Model Risk Management team to establish and oversee an effective framework for identifying, monitoring, and mitigating model risk. This role involves performing full-stack model validation on sophisticated credit and fraud models, including machine learning and traditional statistical models, while ensuring conceptual soundness and data integrity. The candidate will develop automated monitoring suites in Python to track performance metrics like population stability and feature importance shifts. Key responsibilities include partnering with developers to remediate findings and collaborating with internal audit and compliance teams. Required skills include expert-level proficiency in Python, including pandas, scikit-learn, and statsmodels, alongside mastery of SQL for wrangling large datasets. The role focuses on the technical challenges of credit lifecycle management, fraud detection, loss forecasting, and stress-testing frameworks within a banking context.

What you'll do

  • Conduct independent validations of machine learning and traditional statistical models for credit and fraud.
  • Assess model conceptual soundness, data integrity, and performance stability during the validation process.
  • Develop automated monitoring suites in Python to track KPI drift and population stability.
  • Provide technical advice to developers to remediate validation findings and ensure mathematical robustness.
  • Manage and resolve audit and regulatory requests in coordination with internal compliance teams.
  • Support the build-out of the Bank Model Risk Management function for bank-owned models.
  • Perform replicative modeling and backtesting using Python and SQL on large-scale datasets.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional experience in Credit/Fraud/Financial Risk Modeling, Model Validation, or Quantitative Analytics.
  • Deep understanding of the consumer credit lifecycle and fraud detection.
  • Technical familiarity with loss forecasting, fraud prediction, and stress-testing frameworks.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python including pandas, scikit-learn, and statsmodels for replicative modeling and backtesting.
  • Mastery of SQL for wrangling large-scale datasets and performing complex data lineage audits.
  • Ability to translate complex technical ideas into clear communication for any audience.

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