Stripe

Finance and Strategy Partner

Stripe • $150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in strategic finance or FP&A
  • Strong financial modeling skills with large, multi-variable planning tools
  • Ability to partner with senior leaders and influence decisions through financial insights
  • Proven track record in budgeting, forecasting, and negotiations
  • Excellent communication skills for distilling complex information
  • Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Self-starter with strong cross-functional relationship-building skills
  • Highly analytical and capable of structuring unstructured problems

Responsibilities

  • Act as primary finance partner to CFO and leadership teams
  • Analyze and evaluate strategic projects and initiatives
  • Lead financial planning processes including annual budgets and forecasts
  • Build AI-based solutions to streamline financial processes
  • Drive opportunities for automation and data streamlining
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for alignment
  • Translate financial and operational data into clear narratives

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on impactful projects that affect global economy
  • Innovative company culture focused on problem-solving
  • Exposure to senior leadership and strategic initiatives
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across the organization
  • Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Full Job Description
What you'll do

We're looking for a Finance and Strategy Partner to join our growing team. You'll help with forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for various departments accurately and in a timely manner and deliver improvements in our integrated financial systems with business partners, financial colleagues, and engineers.
Responsibilities
  • Partner closely with business leaders to support and influence key strategic and business decisions, serving as their financial partner for analysis and evaluation of strategic projects and initiatives (e.g., foundational investments or business model shifts)
  • Design and provide analytical rigor to measure efficiency and ROI of investments in headcount and non-headcount expenses
  • Drive reporting, process, and discipline for finance routines to shape and influence decision-making (e.g., budget, forecast, monthly reviews, and long-range plans)
  • Build and own models for in-depth analyses, ensuring their quality, timeliness, and accuracy
  • Define metrics, leading indicators, and reporting dashboards in partnership with cross-functional teams such as Data Science
  • Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification, and reporting enhancements
Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
  • 7-9 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A, including experience building integrated models and executing on finance processes such as budgeting, forecasting, and negotiations
  • B.A. or B.S degree in related field
  • Proficiency in SQL and experience working with and analyzing large data sets, as well as strong working knowledge of GSuite, Salesforce, and MS-Office products
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex problems and data, with a track record of producing results on challenging projects
  • Strong communication skills and a proven ability to build relationships with and influence business partners and cross-functional stakeholders
  • A self-starter with a hands-on mindset, able to bring structure to ambiguous areas, thrive in fast-moving environments, and maintain high performance under tight timelines
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company
  • Experience managing headcount and operating expenses
  • Experience supporting Go-to-Market, Money Management, and Corporate Finance
  • Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau, or other equivalent application experience
  • Experience with Python or a willingness to learn
  • Experience in data visualization and dashboarding

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to accept payments and manage their businesses online. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Stripe powers businesses all over the world, from the new startup that just launched yesterday to the Fortune 500 companies that we all know and love. Stripe is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Dublin, London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, and more.
Learn more about Stripe
Size
4,000 employees
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Founded
2010

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