Quantitative Analyst II
Affirm
Quantitative Analyst II
Job Description
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.
What You'll Do:
-
Developing and enhancing capital structuring and quantitative finance models used for pricing, tailored to Affirm’s consumer loan portfolio to enable efficient deal execution;
-
Building quantitative models to track portfolio risk metrics to strengthen risk management protocols and optimize asset utilization strategies;
-
Analyzing large-scale financial data and providing insights on capital markets deals for cross-functional teams to drive optimal and efficient capital market strategies;
-
Evaluating and performing in-depth analysis to inform funding, product, and business decisions with cross-functional teams such as Capital Markets, Treasury, Merchant Pricing, Credit, Commercial, Product and Engineering teams; and
-
Structuring Asset-Backed Security (ABS) transactions, forecasting consumer loan performance, and building quantitative models using advanced statistical and mathematical techniques, leveraging programming languages like Python and SQL, as well as industry-standard tools including Intex and Bloomberg.
-
May telecommute.
What we look for:
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mathematical Finance, Mathematics or related field & 2 years of experience in the following:
-
SQL and Python for in-depth analysis of large-scale datasets;
-
Intex and Bloomberg to price fix income products, including Loan and Asset-Backed securities;
-
Conducting quantitative analysis for financial asset and derivative pricing within the Fixed Income sector, applying advanced statistical and mathematical techniques;
-
Financial risk management; and
-
Stochastic Calculus, Fixed Income, Derivative Pricing, Statistics and Machine Learning, with a strong understanding of financial markets.
Base Pay Grade - K
Equity Grade - 6
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.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $140,000 - $190,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $124,000 - $174,000
#LI-DNI
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.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
Locations
- Remote US, (Remote)
Salary
124,000 - 190,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- SQLintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Intexintermediate
- Bloombergintermediate
- advanced statistical and mathematical techniquesintermediate
- Stochastic Calculusintermediate
- Fixed Incomeintermediate
- Derivative Pricingintermediate
- Statisticsintermediate
- Machine Learningintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mathematical Finance, Mathematics or related field & 2 years of experience in the following: (experience)
- SQL and Python for in-depth analysis of large-scale datasets (experience)
- Intex and Bloomberg to price fix income products, including Loan and Asset-Backed securities (experience)
- Conducting quantitative analysis for financial asset and derivative pricing within the Fixed Income sector, applying advanced statistical and mathematical techniques (experience)
- Financial risk management (experience)
- Stochastic Calculus, Fixed Income, Derivative Pricing, Statistics and Machine Learning, with a strong understanding of financial markets (experience)
Responsibilities
- Developing and enhancing capital structuring and quantitative finance models used for pricing, tailored to Affirm’s consumer loan portfolio to enable efficient deal execution
- Building quantitative models to track portfolio risk metrics to strengthen risk management protocols and optimize asset utilization strategies
- Analyzing large-scale financial data and providing insights on capital markets deals for cross-functional teams to drive optimal and efficient capital market strategies
- Evaluating and performing in-depth analysis to inform funding, product, and business decisions with cross-functional teams such as Capital Markets, Treasury, Merchant Pricing, Credit, Commercial, Product and Engineering teams
- Structuring Asset-Backed Security (ABS) transactions, forecasting consumer loan performance, and building quantitative models using advanced statistical and mathematical techniques, leveraging programming languages like Python and SQL, as well as industry-standard tools including Intex and Bloomberg
- May telecommute
Benefits
- general: Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- general: Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- general: Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- general: ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
- general: monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- general: benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents)
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Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Quantitative Analyst II @ Affirm.
Quantitative Analyst II
Affirm
Quantitative Analyst II
Job Description
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.
What You'll Do:
-
Developing and enhancing capital structuring and quantitative finance models used for pricing, tailored to Affirm’s consumer loan portfolio to enable efficient deal execution;
-
Building quantitative models to track portfolio risk metrics to strengthen risk management protocols and optimize asset utilization strategies;
-
Analyzing large-scale financial data and providing insights on capital markets deals for cross-functional teams to drive optimal and efficient capital market strategies;
-
Evaluating and performing in-depth analysis to inform funding, product, and business decisions with cross-functional teams such as Capital Markets, Treasury, Merchant Pricing, Credit, Commercial, Product and Engineering teams; and
-
Structuring Asset-Backed Security (ABS) transactions, forecasting consumer loan performance, and building quantitative models using advanced statistical and mathematical techniques, leveraging programming languages like Python and SQL, as well as industry-standard tools including Intex and Bloomberg.
-
May telecommute.
What we look for:
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mathematical Finance, Mathematics or related field & 2 years of experience in the following:
-
SQL and Python for in-depth analysis of large-scale datasets;
-
Intex and Bloomberg to price fix income products, including Loan and Asset-Backed securities;
-
Conducting quantitative analysis for financial asset and derivative pricing within the Fixed Income sector, applying advanced statistical and mathematical techniques;
-
Financial risk management; and
-
Stochastic Calculus, Fixed Income, Derivative Pricing, Statistics and Machine Learning, with a strong understanding of financial markets.
Base Pay Grade - K
Equity Grade - 6
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.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $140,000 - $190,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $124,000 - $174,000
#LI-DNI
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.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
Locations
- Remote US, (Remote)
Salary
124,000 - 190,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- SQLintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Intexintermediate
- Bloombergintermediate
- advanced statistical and mathematical techniquesintermediate
- Stochastic Calculusintermediate
- Fixed Incomeintermediate
- Derivative Pricingintermediate
- Statisticsintermediate
- Machine Learningintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Mathematical Finance, Mathematics or related field & 2 years of experience in the following: (experience)
- SQL and Python for in-depth analysis of large-scale datasets (experience)
- Intex and Bloomberg to price fix income products, including Loan and Asset-Backed securities (experience)
- Conducting quantitative analysis for financial asset and derivative pricing within the Fixed Income sector, applying advanced statistical and mathematical techniques (experience)
- Financial risk management (experience)
- Stochastic Calculus, Fixed Income, Derivative Pricing, Statistics and Machine Learning, with a strong understanding of financial markets (experience)
Responsibilities
- Developing and enhancing capital structuring and quantitative finance models used for pricing, tailored to Affirm’s consumer loan portfolio to enable efficient deal execution
- Building quantitative models to track portfolio risk metrics to strengthen risk management protocols and optimize asset utilization strategies
- Analyzing large-scale financial data and providing insights on capital markets deals for cross-functional teams to drive optimal and efficient capital market strategies
- Evaluating and performing in-depth analysis to inform funding, product, and business decisions with cross-functional teams such as Capital Markets, Treasury, Merchant Pricing, Credit, Commercial, Product and Engineering teams
- Structuring Asset-Backed Security (ABS) transactions, forecasting consumer loan performance, and building quantitative models using advanced statistical and mathematical techniques, leveraging programming languages like Python and SQL, as well as industry-standard tools including Intex and Bloomberg
- May telecommute
Benefits
- general: Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- general: Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- general: Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- general: ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
- general: monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
- general: benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents)
Tags & Categories
Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Quantitative Analyst II @ Affirm.