Senior Manager, Incentive Compensation

Summary

Join Affirm, a company reinventing credit, as a dynamic leader in incentive compensation program design. You will own the design process, ensuring programs are motivational and aligned with business goals. This role requires collaboration with various stakeholders, including business leadership, finance, and legal. You will leverage your expertise to create effective incentive plans, analyze trends, and communicate plan details to employees. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including comprehensive health coverage and flexible work arrangements. Affirm is a remote-first company, offering flexibility and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience, with at least 7+ years in Compensation
• 2+ years experience with incentive compensation design in a fintech or financial organization
• Proven, highly-successful experience collaborating with Senior Leadership in the Business, Finance, Legal and People functions
• Progressive experience with increasing levels of responsibility in identifying, consulting, designing, recommending, and implementing efficient, innovative business solutions
• Deep subject matter expertise, including trends, thought leadership and practical hands-on design work
• Ability to think strategically and creatively from philosophy through to execution
• Highly skilled at analytics (advanced Excel skills at minimum), data visualization, planning, process efficiency, organization, critical thinking, and delegation
• Excellent business acumen and judgment; strong team orientation with collaborative style; able to maturely handle sensitive and confidential information

Responsibilities

• Support Affirm business priorities, values, and culture by leading the design of Affirm’s incentive compensation programs
• Own and maintain the annual incentive design process, including process requirements, documentation, and governance
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across Business leadership, Revenue Operations, Finance, Legal, and People to understand their needs, solve business challenges, and ensure successful design and deployment of incentive compensation programs
• Serve as a thought leader in incentive plan design and provide guidance, direction and recommendations to Business leaders on best practices in design, caring for the needs of the business while appropriately managing risk
• Lead, manage and streamline all elements of the design of our incentive compensation programs
• Analyze trends, research best practices, monitor economic conditions, maintain awareness of local legal/regulatory requirements and make recommendations for program revisions and development
• Lead the development and creation of incentive plan communications, documents and roll-out materials to ensure that leaders and employees have a solid understanding of plan design, mechanics and administration; ensure communications are well planned and effectively implemented
• Partner with our Revenue Operations and Finance teams on recommendations regarding ongoing plan management matters. Provide guidance to plan administrators to ensure actions are consistent with plan terms and across plan participants

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• Monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending
• Equity rewards
• 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
• 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