Licensing Manager

Affirm; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; CAD 133,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

ESPP

Job summary

Affirm is hiring for a Licensing, Compliance, and Regulatory Programs professional to join the Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team. The role focuses on state licensing, reporting obligations, and regulatory filings, collaborating with legal, finance, tax, and product teams.

Remote-first with opportunities nationwide in Canada; equity rewards may apply. You will manage licensing renewals, MSB reports, and prepare regulatory submissions, while leveraging AI to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5 years of licensing/compliance/regulatory experience ideally related to consumer financial services
• Outstanding time management, administrative, and organizational skills
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

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.

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 - 5

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 monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by affirm holdings, inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $133,000 - $183,000

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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 remote, 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.

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