Global Licensing & Compliance Leader

Affirm; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for dependents

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Remote-first company policy

Total compensation including equity

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first company seeking a Licensing and Regulatory Programs professional to support a wide range of state licensing and reporting obligations. You will collaborate with legal, compliance, product, and finance teams to ensure timely filings and accurate governance across U.S.

jurisdictions. The role requires 5 years in licensing/compliance, strong project management, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Licensing experience

Regulatory reporting

Project management

Time management

Communication skills

Independent decision making

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first company seeking a Licensing and Regulatory Programs professional to support a wide range of state licensing and reporting obligations. You will collaborate with legal, compliance, product, and finance teams to ensure timely filings and accurate governance across U.S.

jurisdictions. The role requires 5 years in licensing/compliance, strong project management, and excellent communication.