Compliance Exam Lead

Affirm

Compliance Exam Lead managing end-to-end regulatory exam engagements for Affirm's compliance team. Collaborating with legal and business risk partners to support various examination processes.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Independently fulfill examination requests, coordinate directly with key collaborators to fulfill various external obligations, and manage examination processes end-to-end from a Compliance perspective.
Manage and coordinate corrective actions resulting from Supervisory activities, including management reporting of progress.
Assist with maintaining a central repository for examination and reporting obligations for multiple exam engagements, including workpapers, worksheets, exam responses, regulatory guidance, etc.
Partner with the Compliance Senior Manager in drafting reports, memos or presentations that clearly articulate the results/conclusions of compliance review activities or risk escalations and communicate to key stakeholders across the company.
Possess and maintain a solid knowledge of consumer compliance laws, regulations and best practices and recognize how they relate to Affirm's business model.
Articulate key Compliance risks at Affirm and the controls Affirm employs to mitigate those risks.
Perform due diligence reviews to ensure the quality and completeness of documentation prior to submission to regulators.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of licensing, compliance, regulator, or internal audit experience, ideally related to consumer financial services.
4-year university/college degree; in lieu of a degree, we will consider additional years of experience beyond the 5+ listed above.
Working knowledge of consumer protection laws including (but not limited to): HMDA, BSA/AML, OFAC, Regulation E, FCRA, FDCPA, CAN-SPAM, TILA, and UDAAP regulations.
Prior experience within highly-regulated industries is desirable.
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 and encouraging team.
Inquisitive, eager to learn, and willing to take ownership of projects.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

compliance managementdue diligence reviewsproject managementanalytical skillscritical thinkingreport draftingregulatory guidanceexamination processescorrective actions managementdocumentation quality assurance

Soft Skills

time managementorganizational skillsadministrative skillswritten communicationverbal communicationteam collaborationhumilityintegrityinquisitivenessownership of projects