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About the Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team

The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team is a group of dedicated professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products for consumers, merchants, and key partners. We combine legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth, shape products, and build trust across our ecosystem. Our work spans multiple professional disciplines and provides the foundation for Affirm’s mission to deliver honest financial products.

About the Team

The Licensing team enables Affirm's ability to operate and scale in regulated markets globally. The team manages Affirm's licensing portfolio, regulatory relationships, and licensing strategy across the U.S. and international markets while partnering closely with Legal, Compliance, Product, and business leaders to support growth and expansion.

This role will report to the Director, Global Licensing and Regulatory Programs.

What You'll Do

Support new product & service launches related to state licensing and reporting including money transmission, servicing/collections, lending, international expansion, etc.

Work cross-functionally with legal, public affairs, compliance, finance, tax to meet regulatory licensing and reporting obligations

Maintain the central repository for licensing and reporting obligations for new license types including workflows, regulatory guidance, etc.

Collaborate with Licensing team to interpret, prepare, and submit state licensing annual reports, MSB call reports, and other regulatory obligations

Ensure timely regulatory filings, call out any licensing issues, supervise ongoing regulatory obligations in licensing management tool

Lead ongoing preparation of renewal applications and other forms to be filed in various licensing jurisdictions

Collaborate on NMLS licensing, reporting, and other regulatory filings

Analyze and develop new processes, leveraging AI, to increase efficiency within the licensing program

Assist Department in the research and build of licensing requirements into the licensing management tool

Coordinate with senior leadership to fulfill ongoing state licensing requirements

Partner with team on any licensing projects and initiatives

What We Look For

5 years of licensing/compliance/regulatory experience ideally related to consumer financial services

Outstanding time management, administrative, and organizational skills, including the ability to balance multiple priorities and overlapping projects

Proven project management, critical thinking, and analytical skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Humility, integrity, and a desire to be part of a small but strong, supportive team

Inquisitive, eager to learn, and a willingness to take ownership of projects

Highly focused, able to make independent decisions and work with limited supervision while excelling in a fast-paced environment

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift and ambiguity is part of the landscape

Pay Grade - L

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: $165,000 - $225,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $146,000 - $206,000

Please note that visa sposorship is not available for this position.

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Remote-first with flexibility built in

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.