Finance & Strategy Analyst

Stripe
San Francisco +3 more
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with strategic finance experience comfortable with cross-functional process improvement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 4–6 years of strategic finance or FP&A experience in high-growth tech or financial services environments
    — “Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company”
  • Individuals who have built integrated financial models and driven finance process improvements
    — “A keen eye for detail and experience building integrated models from scratch”
  • Professionals with a background in budgeting, forecasting, and cross-functional reporting
    — “Drive reporting, process, and discipline for finance routines to shape and influence decision-making”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in process standardization and cross-functional collaboration in your resume and interview responses
    — “Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification, and reporting enhancements”
  • Emphasize your ability to build and own analytical models, especially in Excel or planning applications
    — “Experience building integrated models from scratch (in Excel or other planning applications)”
  • Showcase your ability to define performance metrics and influence business decisions with data
    — “Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with data visualization tools like Tableau or similar platforms
    — “Partner with cross-functional teams, such as Data Science, to develop reporting dashboards”
  • Mention any experience with Python or willingness to learn it during the interview process
    — “Experience with Python or a willingness to learn”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Supported key strategic and business decisions with financial insights
  • Built and owned models for in-depth analyses
  • Defined metrics and leading indicators of business performance
Typical background
strategic financeFP&A

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial ModelingForecastingBudgetingReportingProcess ImprovementCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

PythonData VisualizationDashboarding

Stack & domain

Financial ModelingExcelOracleAnaplanTableauPythonData VisualizationDashboardingCommunicationCollaborationProcess ImprovementFinanceStrategyOperations

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

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

The Finance and 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 do

We're looking for a Finance and Strategy Analyst to join our growing teams on the Go-to-Market (GTM) and Partnerships teams. You'll 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.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions
  • Design and provide analytical rigor 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, standardization, simplification, and reporting enhancements

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

  • 4–6 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A
  • B.A. or B.S degree in related field
  • A keen eye for detail 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
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company
  • Experience managing headcount and operating expenses
  • Experience supporting Go-to-Market, Investment Banking, or Product Functions
  • Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau, or other equivalent application experience
  • Experience with Python or a willingness to learn
  • Experience in data visualization and dashboarding

Source: Stripe careers

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