Finance & Strategy Partner, Stripe

• 8+ years of work experience in FP&A, corporate planning, business finance, investment banking, consulting, PE/VC or similar
• Experience executing finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews, negotiations)
• Deep analytical rigour, able to find trends hidden in millions of data points
• A self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision. You must be able to partner with cross-functional teams to unblock things
• Solid business acumen, strong written and verbal communication skills (interacting with Stripe C-Suite)
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• 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 ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
• Experience with SQL (intermediate/advanced skills are a must)
• Experience working with large and complex datasets

Desirable

• The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s business leaders. We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials. We work cross functionally to help steward Stripe’s resource investments to improve the durability of our long term financial performance
• This role is on the EMEA F&S team. We partner with the EMEA business leads by providing data analytics, business insights and strategic recommendations to help the business optimize ROI and achieve long-term growth
• Work closely with EMEA business leaders to influence key strategic decisions
• Create frameworks to assess and influence business performance by country and segment
• Partner with other F&S teams on defining ROI frameworks to drive recommendations on resource allocations
• Support annual planning for the EMEA business
• Own reporting of leading indicators of business performance
• Build and own models for in-depth analyses, as well as ensure their quality, timeliness, and accuracy
• Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements