Full-Time

Analyst Lead

Growth Analytics

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Affirm

Affirm

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides buy now, pay later financing solutions

Compensation Overview

CA$142k - CA$192k/yr

+ Equity Rewards

Senior

Remote in Canada

Candidates must be located in Canada to apply for this remote position.

Category
Growth Marketing
Growth & Marketing
Required Skills
Python
SQL
Requirements
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitatively rigorous subject area like statistics, math, finance, economics desired.
  • 5+ years of proven ability in a cross functional analytical role
  • Practical and theoretical knowledge of A/B testing
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally and influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with simultaneously balancing multiple workstreams and prioritizing their own roadmap
  • Experience with SQL and performing statistical analysis using Python
  • Ability to think creatively and critically and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous work environment
  • Willingness to go out of your way to help teammates
  • Humility and team player - you go out of your way to help teammates
  • Previous experience in guiding junior analysts.
Responsibilities
  • Take ownership of the end to end analytics process: define success metrics, generate insights and hypotheses, track performance, and create intuitive dashboards and reports that can be easily shared across the organization. Develop scalable analytics solutions and data models.
  • Spearhead weekly cross-functional metric reviews, collaborating with partners to conduct deep dives into significant metric shifts and suggest actionable steps.
  • Operate with a General Manager mindset, by proactively identifying opportunities through analysis and product sense to enhance user experience, growth, and profitability.
  • Tackle ambiguous problems by identifying the core hypotheses and designing actionable experiments to validate product market fit and economic viability.
  • Translate analytical findings into clear and compelling narratives/business cases for leadership to inform decision-making.
  • Foster strong cross-functional relationships and establish yourself as a trusted advisor to team members.
  • Mentor and guide junior analysts to deliver high-impact work that drives business results.
Desired Qualifications
  • Passion to redefine the lending and financial industry for the better.

Affirm offers a modern alternative to traditional credit cards by providing point-of-sale financing solutions. It serves consumers who want flexible payment options and merchants looking to offer these plans. Affirm's main service is "buy now, pay later" (BNPL), allowing consumers to make purchases and pay over time through installment plans, often without hidden fees. The company partners with various merchants to integrate its payment solutions into their sales platforms, whether online or in-store, using user-friendly plugins and APIs. Affirm generates revenue through interest and fees on installment loans and from merchants who pay to offer its financing options. Additionally, it provides a merchant dashboard for transaction processing and marketing support, helping businesses increase conversion rates and giving shoppers more purchasing power.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Affirm's stock rose by 7%, indicating positive investor sentiment and growth potential.
  • Expansion into Canada with Williams-Sonoma and Kayak boosts Affirm's North American presence.
  • Affirm's flexible payment solutions align with increasing consumer demand for BNPL options.

What critics are saying

  • Klarna's new BNPL card could intensify competition for Affirm in the payment space.
  • Sezzle's lawsuit against Shopify highlights potential regulatory challenges in the BNPL sector.
  • FIS's real-time risk negotiation model may disrupt Affirm's traditional BNPL services.

What makes Affirm unique

  • Affirm offers transparent installment loans with no hidden fees, unlike traditional credit cards.
  • Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants, enhancing its reach in various retail sectors.
  • Affirm's user-friendly APIs enable seamless integration with merchants' sales platforms.

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Benefits

Spending wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses

Supportive communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups

Remote-first workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country

Generous time off: Take the time you need when life happens

Health benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs

Mental healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs

Parental leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay.

Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.

Away days: We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge.

Learning & development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth.

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-1%
PYMNTS
Jun 10th, 2025
Sezzle Lawsuit Accuses Shopify Of Stifling Bnpl Options

The lawsuit, filed Monday (June 9) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, accuses Shopify of engaging in monopolistic and anticompetitive practices to limit competition for buy now, pay later (BNPL) options on its platform. Sezzle said in a news release that it is seeking an injunction to block Canada-based Shopify from continuing this alleged conduct, with the suit asking for treble damages, or damages three times the amount awarded by a jury. “Sezzle remains committed to fostering a competitive, transparent, and consumer-friendly payments ecosystem,” Sezzle Chairman and CEO Charlie Youakim said in the release

PYMNTS
Jun 9th, 2025
Fis Says Risk Negotiation At The Point Of Sale Is New Merchant-Issuer Model

Even with all the innovation seen lately in the banking, payments and digital economy sectors, new business models are hard to come by. Features and slight tweaks? The industry builds on them every day. That’s why when real-time data and cloud analytics are giving merchants and card issuers new ways to say “yes” at the checkout, a straight line from innovation to sales is clearly drawn. Turning what were once declined transactions into completed sales and stronger customer relationships — now that’s a new business model.“Historically, all of the decisioning around transaction authorization sat in the risk department of issuers,” Jim Johnson, co-president of FIS’s Banking Solutions division, said in a recent interview with Karen Webster. “The model now is being tested to be more of a risk negotiation at the point of sale.”. Johnson’s comments come as FIS unveils a partnership with Kipp, a collaboration platform that lets card issuers and merchants agree in real time to authorize debit transactions even when an account lacks sufficient funds

PYMNTS
Jun 6th, 2025
Fintech Ipo Index Starts June Up 0.8% As Robinhood Surges On Uk Expansion

Robinhood’s browser-based desktop trading platform is now available to customers in the United Kingdom. First introduced last year, Robinhood Legend is designed for active traders and is available at no added cost to anyone with a Robinhood account. Robinhood launched Legend in the United States in October as part of a wider slate of new products. The company debuted Robinhood Strategies, a wealth management service aimed at its less wealthy clients, in March. At the same time, the company introduced Robinhood Banking, a banking platform featuring checking and savings accounts. Robinhood’s stock gathered 13.4%.Meanwhile, Affirm’s stock rose by 7%

PYMNTS
Jun 3rd, 2025
New Klarna Card Marries Bnpl Flexibility To Visa Debit Rails

Klarna is piloting a card that spends like debit but can flip into pay later mode, extending the buy now, pay later (BNPL) model from the checkout screen to the in-store experience. Unveiled Tuesday (June 3) at Money20/20 Europe, the Klarna Card is built on Visa’s Flexible Credential, a network capability that lets a single piece of plastic surface multiple funding sources, Klarna said in a Tuesday press release provided to PYMNTS. Issued by WebBank and housed in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-insured wallet, the card lets testers in the United States pay from stored cash or activate Klarna’s Pay in 4 and pay later plans at any of the over 150 million merchants that already accept Visa. A wider launch in the U.S. and Europe is slated for later this year, the release said. More than 5 million consumers have joined the waitlist

The Motley Fool
Jun 2nd, 2025
Costco Wholesale's Sales Are Increasing Modestly, But 1 Part of the Business Is Gaining Much Faster

This is why Costco recently partnered with Affirm.