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.
Our Accounting organization is looking for a Financial Systems Manager, Accounting Systems Development to join our Financial Platforms team! The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem solving skills and great interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally and drive forward various initiatives. We are eager to meet candidates who will deliver impact through robust frameworks and scalable solutions that uplevel the Finance function.

• Manage projects that improve processes and reporting for the Accounting function including enablement of automated journal entries from subledger to general ledger and data enablement for account reconciliations
• Create accounting requirements. Work with our engineering partners on the implementation and create test cases and business processes
• Represent the accounting team in product development conversations with Commercial, Legal, Capital Markets, Product, and Engineering teams including pre-planning for project deliverables, level of effort across all of accounting functions before project launch, weekly status update of project status as well as escalation needed to management
• Participate in the development of product areas touching finance by authoring and reviewing specs, attending regular development syncs, and reviewing stages of software development output (e.g. ledger entries, reports, integrations results)
• Perform complex analysis on financial data from Affirm’s proprietary systems for financial reporting
• Own the consumption of financial data from Affirm’s proprietary systems for financial reporting; champion data accuracy, integrity, transferability, and ease of use from system to system (e.g. disbursements system, front office ledger, back office ledger)
• Lead the development of robust system documentation and support financial and internal controls and audits
• Work closely with other accounting teams on application of reporting policies and procedures, including technical accounting and general ledger teams
• Exercise advance planning and judgment to prioritize and advocate for any system builds or fixes required for financial reporting in the short term to long term
• Participate in any day-to-day system troubleshooting exercises causing reconciliation breaks or other reporting failures. Create complex ad hoc queries and reports to support accounting and finance teams