Remote Licensing & Regulatory Manager

Affirm; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm is a remote-first company seeking a Licensed Compliance professional to support state licensing, reporting, and regulatory filings across the U.S. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Public Affairs, Finance, and Tax to ensure timely filings and accurate licensing data.

The role reports to the Director, Global Licensing and Regulatory Programs and offers opportunities to influence licensing strategy and process improvements.

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.

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

Compliance experience

Project management

Regulatory analysis

Communication skills

Job description

Affirm is a remote-first company seeking a Licensed Compliance professional to support state licensing, reporting, and regulatory filings across the U.S. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Public Affairs, Finance, and Tax to ensure timely filings and accurate licensing data.

The role reports to the Director, Global Licensing and Regulatory Programs and offers opportunities to influence licensing strategy and process improvements.