Finance and Strategy Specialist
Drives strategic finance and business planning by building forecasts, analyzing performance, defining metrics, and partnering with leaders across global regions. Requires 7–14 years of analytical or finance experience, strong SQL or Python skills, and expertise with complex datasets and dashboards.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Partner with Finance & Strategy and business leaders to drive Stripe’s long-term success.
- Work cross-functionally to identify important strategy questions and answer them with data.
- Build financial forecasts and targets, track performance, and understand deviations from actuals to drive strategy and operational rigor.
- Develop deep knowledge of Stripe’s business performance across geographies and user segments.
- Define metrics and leading indicators of business performance.
- Partner with the Analytics team to develop tools and dashboards that make metrics widely accessible across Stripe.
Requirements
- 7–14 years of experience in a relevant analytical or finance role.
- Intermediate or advanced knowledge of SQL or Python, with experience working with extremely large and complex datasets and extracting insights.
- Experience with financial analysis, financial forecasting, BvA (variance analysis), and other financial concepts.
- Experience working on ambiguous problems and driving solutions or projects independently.
- Ability to automate and use AI to streamline recurring tasks and analyses.
- Experience building dashboards and data visualization tools from scratch.
- Proven ability to build strong collaborative relationships with business partners and department leads and serve as a trusted, objective advisor.
- Self-starter with an enthusiastic, hands-on approach and the ability to drive business results without significant supervision.
- Experience working globally across regions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a strategic finance function at a high-growth technology company, preferably in payments or fintech.
Skills
SQL, Python, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Financial Modeling, Dashboard Development, Data Visualization, Business Strategy, Metrics Development, Data Analysis, AI Automation
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