Senior Director, Global Equity and Payroll

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.

As the Senior Director of Global Equity and Payroll, you will be a highly influential, collaborative leader, reporting directly to the CAO, responsible for autonomously overseeing the entire global function across our complex, high-growth multinational employee operations (US, Canada, Poland, UK, Spain, Australia, the Netherlands, and expanding rapidly). This pivotal role requires defining and driving the strategic roadmap, managing all aspects of global payroll and critical equity administration. You will balance operational excellence with large-scale transformation, demanding deep understanding of global complexities and proven success influencing executive-level stakeholders across Finance, Tax, Legal, and People.

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.

Pay Grade - U

Equity Grade - 15

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

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 our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

Benefits We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:

• 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

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.

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