Finance and Strategy Analyst – Go-to-Market Partnerships

Job Description

Finance & Strategy Analyst | Stripe

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Stripe, located in a hybrid US office setting. Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses globally, aiming to increase the GDP of the internet by enabling companies to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. As a Finance & Strategy Analyst, you will be an integral thought partner to core functional leaders, bringing financial understanding and predictability to the company’s bottom-line financials and stewarding resource investments to improve long-term financial performance.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – US (multiple locations)
• Pay: $122400–$183600 yearly
• Team: Finance and Strategy team, supporting Go-to-Market (GTM) and Partnerships teams
• Mission: To bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom-line financials by supporting forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and improving integrated financial systems.
• Tech Stack: Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau, Python, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support key strategic and business decisions by leveraging your financial background and insights.
• Design and apply analytical rigor to measure the efficiency and return on investment (ROI) of investments in headcount and non-headcount expenses.
• Drive reporting, process, and discipline for finance routines, including budget, forecast, monthly reviews, and long-range plans, to influence decision-making.
• Build and own financial models for in-depth analyses, ensuring their quality, timeliness, and accuracy.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, such as Data Science, to define business performance metrics, leading indicators, and develop reporting dashboards.
• Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification, and reporting enhancements across finance operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; 4–6 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A.
• Experience: Proven ability to drive and execute on finance processes such as budget and forecast reviews, and negotiations; demonstrated ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners.
• Skills: A keen eye for detail and experience building integrated financial models from scratch (in Excel or other planning applications); excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Bonus: 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; experience with Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau, or other equivalent applications; experience with Python or a willingness to learn; experience in data visualization and dashboarding.