Affirm
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. As we scale globally, we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic leader to architect the future of our Equity and Payroll functions, ensuring that every employee worldwide receives a premier experience defined by consistency, precision, and ease.
What You’ll Do Strategic Execution & Optimization
Drive Global Scale: Architect, implement, and optimize global processes for payroll and equity administration to support our rapid international expansion and growing global employee base, ensuring timely and accurate delivery in every jurisdiction.
Vision & Roadmap: Design and recommend new global policies, technology roadmaps, and organizational structures that are scalable and compliant across all current and future geographies.
Operational Excellence: Manage the entire global function (Payroll and Equity) for a complex, high-growth multinational organization, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant execution of all pay cycles and equity events.
Budget Management: Manage significant vendor relationships and transformation budgets, driving high-value and cost-effective solutions.
Leadership & Organizational Development
Lead and Inspire Multiple Teams: Oversee the Global Payroll and Global Equity Administration teams, fostering a culture of ownership, precision, and continuous improvement. Two senior leaders will report directly to this role.
Change Leadership: Successfully lead the team through periods of rapid evolution, including international expansion into new jurisdictions, M&A integrations and significant systems/process changes, maintaining stability and continuous improvement.
Risk Management & Compliance
Complex Compliance: Establish and enforce rigorous compliance with all relevant international and domestic laws, regulations, periodic filings, and tax requirements.
Audit & Reporting: Serve as the primary point of contact for external audits related to payroll and equity. Ensure rigorous internal controls (SOX) are in place and adhered to.
Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a deep SME on global requirements and market best practices; providing clarity in highly complex or ambiguous scenarios.
Cross-Functional Influence & Partnership
Executive Partnership: Take a highly valued seat at the table, building trust and effective partnerships through collaboration with senior leaders and VPs across People, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Finance, and IT to align global payroll and equity strategy with overall business objectives.
Employee Experience: Lead with empathy while upholding a reputation of excellence in all payroll and equity related matters.
What We Look For
12+ years of progressive experience managing complex Global Payroll and Global Equity functions. High-growth, multinational public company experience preferred.
Experience in a 2,000+ global employee environment.
Deep expertise in global equity administration (e.g. Schwab) and complex global payroll systems and vendors.
Proven track record of driving large-scale, functional transformation, including major global system implementations (e.g., Workday).
Expert-level knowledge of complex international compensation and tax compliance requirements.
Demonstrated experience managing M&A integration for payroll and equity operations.
Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders globally.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay Grade – U
Equity Grade – 15
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. The base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and other benefits.
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $285,000 – $355,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $253,000 – $323,000
Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company. The majority of roles are remote and can be performed almost anywhere within the country of employment. Flexibility to work from home with occasional in‑office requirements as needed.
Benefits
Health care coverage – 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents.
Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family‑forming expenses.
Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to rest and recharge.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) – 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.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
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What You’ll Do Strategic Execution & Optimization
Drive Global Scale: Architect, implement, and optimize global processes for payroll and equity administration to support our rapid international expansion and growing global employee base, ensuring timely and accurate delivery in every jurisdiction.
Vision & Roadmap: Design and recommend new global policies, technology roadmaps, and organizational structures that are scalable and compliant across all current and future geographies.
Operational Excellence: Manage the entire global function (Payroll and Equity) for a complex, high-growth multinational organization, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant execution of all pay cycles and equity events.
Budget Management: Manage significant vendor relationships and transformation budgets, driving high-value and cost-effective solutions.
Leadership & Organizational Development
Lead and Inspire Multiple Teams: Oversee the Global Payroll and Global Equity Administration teams, fostering a culture of ownership, precision, and continuous improvement. Two senior leaders will report directly to this role.
Change Leadership: Successfully lead the team through periods of rapid evolution, including international expansion into new jurisdictions, M&A integrations and significant systems/process changes, maintaining stability and continuous improvement.
Risk Management & Compliance
Complex Compliance: Establish and enforce rigorous compliance with all relevant international and domestic laws, regulations, periodic filings, and tax requirements.
Audit & Reporting: Serve as the primary point of contact for external audits related to payroll and equity. Ensure rigorous internal controls (SOX) are in place and adhered to.
Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a deep SME on global requirements and market best practices; providing clarity in highly complex or ambiguous scenarios.
Cross-Functional Influence & Partnership
Executive Partnership: Take a highly valued seat at the table, building trust and effective partnerships through collaboration with senior leaders and VPs across People, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Finance, and IT to align global payroll and equity strategy with overall business objectives.
Employee Experience: Lead with empathy while upholding a reputation of excellence in all payroll and equity related matters.
What We Look For
12+ years of progressive experience managing complex Global Payroll and Global Equity functions. High-growth, multinational public company experience preferred.
Experience in a 2,000+ global employee environment.
Deep expertise in global equity administration (e.g. Schwab) and complex global payroll systems and vendors.
Proven track record of driving large-scale, functional transformation, including major global system implementations (e.g., Workday).
Expert-level knowledge of complex international compensation and tax compliance requirements.
Demonstrated experience managing M&A integration for payroll and equity operations.
Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders globally.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay Grade – U
Equity Grade – 15
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. The base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending, and other benefits.
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $285,000 – $355,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $253,000 – $323,000
Affirm is proud to be a remote‑first company. The majority of roles are remote and can be performed almost anywhere within the country of employment. Flexibility to work from home with occasional in‑office requirements as needed.
Benefits
Health care coverage – 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental, and vision for you and your dependents.
Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family‑forming expenses.
Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to rest and recharge.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) – 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.
By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as described therein.
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