F&S COE Manager

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

We are building an elite team to drive financial insight and strategy at Stripe. The Finance & Strategy team brings understanding and predictability to Stripe’s financials, and we work together with our key business partners to accelerate long term growth for Stripe.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Partner with F&S and Business Leaders to drive the long-term success of Stripe

• Coach, mentor, and oversee a team of small analysts

• 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

• Gain deep knowledge and understanding of Stripe's business performance across geographies and user segments

• Define metrics and leading indicators of business performance and partner with the Analytics team to develop tools and dashboards to make these metrics widely accessible across Stripe

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

• 8+ years of relevant FP&A, strategic finance, or business-finance experience with 2+ years managing a team

• Experience owning planning and forecasting processes across headcount, operating expenses, and/or revenue.

• Strong financial-analysis fundamentals, including budgeting and forecasting, month-end close support, and budget-versus-actual variance analysis.

• The ability to manage and develop a small team of analysts, including setting priorities, reviewing work, coaching, and creating clear accountability.

• Ability to retain a defined individual-contributor portfolio alongside people-management responsibilities. ~50% IC work, 50% Manager responsibilities.

• Strong SQL and/or Python skills, with demonstrated ability to automate recurring analyses and improve finance workflows through AI-enabled tools and automation.

• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, independently develop a point of view, and drive cross-functional projects to completion.

• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with a track record of acting as a trusted, objective finance partner to business leaders.

• Experience working effectively across regions, time zones, and cross-functional teams.

Preferred qualifications

Experience in a strategic finance function at a high-growth tech company, preferably in the payments/fintech space

• Advanced knowledge of SQL or Python

• Advanced knowledge of data visualization tools

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