Finance and Strategy Analyst, Stripe

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in commercial finance or FP&A
• A keen analytical eye and experience building integrated models from scratch (in Excel, or other planning applications)
• Experience driving and executing on finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews, negotiations)
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• A proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
• The ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done
• The ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyse problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
• Strong knowledge of GSuite tools and MS-Office products and experience working with/querying/analysing/visualising large data sets using SQL, and/or Python
• Independently analyse and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
• Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
• Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
• Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
• Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail oriented

Desirable

• We're looking for an F&S Analyst to join our growing team
• This individual will help us partner with the EMEA Go To Market and EMEA Product teams, through the delivery of annual budgets, quarterly re-forecasts, monthly reports and commentary on financial performance, and all while delivering improvements to our integrated financial systems and tooling
• Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions across GTM headcount resourcing and regional product roadmaps
• Design and provide analytical rigour 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, long-range plans)
• Build and own models for in-depth analyses, as well as ensure their quality, timeliness, and accuracy
• Define metrics and leading indicators of business performance
• Partner with cross functional teams, such as Data Science, to develop reporting dashboards
• Drive continuous process improvement, standardisation, simplification and reporting enhancements