Stripe

Finance & Strategy Lead, Growth

Stripe$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in FP&A, Growth Finance, or Strategic Finance roles.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Proven ability to forecast revenue and model funnel dynamics in B2B environments.
  • Experience partnering with senior GTM and Product leaders, influencing business decisions through financial insight.
  • Strong financial modeling skills with experience in large multi-variable planning tools.
  • Basic SQL skills for dataset access and manipulation.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills for distilling complex concepts into actionable insights.
  • Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while balancing strategy with execution.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic finance support for the Growth organization, closely collaborating with key departments.
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of the self-serve funnel to provide actionable insights for strategy.
  • Own forecasting and planning processes for Self-serve revenue, enhancing visibility into growth drivers.
  • Build and maintain financial models linking marketing efforts and growth investments to revenue outcomes.
  • Assess ROI of growth initiatives to ensure effective capital deployment.
  • Drive opportunities for process automation and improved data infrastructure with Data Science.
  • Translate complex data into clear narratives for executive presentations.

Benefits

  • Work directly with Stripe's Growth organization on impactful strategies.
  • Opportunity to influence and shape self-serve revenue across global customer base.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams, including Growth, Product, and Data Science.
  • Engagement in high-level strategic discussions with executive leadership.
Full Job Description
What you'll do

You will partner directly with Stripe's Growth organization, playing a pivotal role in shaping self-serve strategy and driving self-serve revenue across our global customer base. As a trusted advisor to Growth, Product, and Marketing leadership, you will use data and financial insights to improve forecasting accuracy, inform investment decisions, and optimize our self-serve business. Your work will directly support Stripe's next phase of growth by accelerating efficient customer acquisition, activation, and expansion across all segments.
Responsibilities
  • Lead strategic finance support for the Growth organization, partnering closely with Growth, Product, Data Science, the CMO, and Product Finance.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the self-serve funnel (acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, expansion) and provide actionable insights that inform both Product and Growth strategy.
  • Own forecasting and planning processes for Self-serve revenue across all segments, regions, and products; provide clear visibility into drivers of growth and performance against plan.
  • Build and maintain robust financial models that connect marketing demand generation, growth investments, product or pricing changes, and external drivers to revenue outcomes, enabling high-quality scenario planning and decision-making.
  • Assess ROI of growth initiatives and other customer acquisition investments, ensuring capital is deployed effectively to maximize long-term value.
  • Identify and drive opportunities for process automation, data standardization, and improved data infrastructure in partnership with Data Science to increase reporting accuracy and decision velocity.
  • Translate complex financial, product, and growth data into clear narratives for executive audiences.
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
  • 10+ years of experience in FP&A, Growth Finance, or Strategic Finance roles
  • B.A. or B.S degree in related field
  • Demonstrated ability to forecast revenue, and model funnel dynamics in complex B2B environments
  • Proven track record of partnering with senior GTM and Product leaders, and influencing business decisions through financial insight
  • Strong financial modeling skills and experience with large, multi-variable planning tools
  • Some SQL skills to independently access and manipulate complex datasets
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts into clear, actionable insights
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company
  • Anaplan, Tableau or other equivalent application experience
  • Advanced SQL skills
  • 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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