Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

We are building an elite team to drive financial insight and strategy at Stripe. The Corporate Finance & Strategy team brings understanding and predictability to Stripe’s financials, and we work together with our key business partners to accelerate long term growth for Stripe.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Partner with F&S and the Business to drive the long-term success of Stripe
Ensure month close processes get done efficiently, accurately, and on time
Partner across Finance, eg. Strategic Sourcing
Work cross functionally to identify important strategy questions and answer them with data
Build financial forecasts and targets, track performance, and understand deviations from actuals to drive strategy and operational rigor
Gain deep knowledge and understanding of Stripe's business performance across geographies and user segments
Automating away recurring work by utilizing AI

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

Experience in month end close processes and have demonstrated experience working closely and successfully across the other functions of the Finance Org (eg., Accounting, Tax, Treasury)
Experience running recurring processes and organizing cross-functional partners and stakeholders to deliver materials on time (e.g. enabling, tracking, monitoring status, problem solving the month end close process; driving successful continuous improvement initiatives as it relates to domain of expertise)
A strong understanding of accounting, accruals, and opex management
Experience with financial analysis, financial forecasting, BvA (variance analysis), and other financial concepts
Experience working on ambiguous problems and driving solutions/projects independently
Ability to automate and use AI to streamline recurring tasks/analyses, in order to free up time to work on more strategic and higher impact work
Experience building dashboards and data visualization tools from scratch
A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and department leads. You are seen as a trusted and objective advisor
An enthusiastic "roll up your sleeves" mentality
A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
Experience working in a global capacity (this team will work will all regions)

Preferred qualifications

Experience in a strategic finance function at a high-growth tech company, preferably in the payments/fintech space

Finance and Strategy Data Analyst