Finance & Strategy Analyst at Stripe

Who we are About StripeStripe 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 teamThe Finance & Strategy team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s core functional leaders.  We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials.  We work cross functionally across many surfaces at Stripe and help steward Stripe’s resource investments to improve the durability of our long term financial performance.What you’ll doWe're looking for a F&S Analyst to join our growing teams on the Go-to-Market (GTM) and Partnerships teams. This individual will help us with the 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.ResponsibilitiesLeverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisionsDesign and provide analytical rigor to measure efficiency and ROI of investments in headcount and non-headcount expensesDrive 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 accuracyDefine metrics and leading indicators of business performancePartner with cross functional teams, such as Data Science, to develop reporting dashboardsDrive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements.Who you areWe'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 requirements4-6 years of relevant experience in strategic 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 partnersA proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business results without significant supervisionThe ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job doneThe ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environmentExcellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal.Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisionsStrong knowledge of GSuite tools, Salesforce and MS-Office products and experience working with/analyzing contracts and large data sets using SQL.Independently analyze and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched caseDemonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholdersDemonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing resultsSolution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practicesSelf-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail orientedPreferred qualificationsExperience working at a high-growth technology or financial services companyExperience managing headcount and operating expensesExperience supporting Go-to-Market, Investment Banking, and/or Product FunctionsOracle, Anaplan, Tableau or other equivalent application experienceExperience with Python or a willingness to learnExperience in data visualization and dashboarding