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

Our Finance and Strategy team (F&S) are strategic business partners to Stripe’s leaders, providing clear insights which simplify the complexity of the business, and drive the key operating forums to enable effective decision-making. This is a newly created role in F&S with responsibility to build and scale a Program Management Office (PMO) and establish an offshore Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) to support the growing F&S function. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with leaders across finance, providing thought leadership and execution support for driving a portfolio of cross functional projects and building a scalable Center of Excellence organization.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Develop, and implement a program management strategy to lead a portfolio of projects across F&S 
• Drive execution of complex cross-functional finance initiatives across Stripe - financial systems, accounting, data science, product 
• Develop and implement the strategic vision and roadmap for offshore F&S Center of Excellence aligning with overall organization goals  
• Lead the CoE team in identifying processes, defining best practices, methodologies and standards that the F&S team can effectively offshore and scale 
• Evaluate and establish key metrics and KPIs to continuously access and evaluate the performance of the CoE, identifying areas for improvement and further investment to scale effectively
• Establish a monthly cadence of recurring deliverables for the CoE
• Manage a team of project managers to lead projects and manage the PMO office 
• Hire and manage a team of offshore resources to deliver on core FP&A deliverables through the F&S CoE   
• Collaborate and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in F&S and across the organization 

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related fields required
• 12+ years of experience with 7+ years of proven program/ project / process management experience 
• Experience in building and leading offshore corporate functions   
• Excellent analytical, financial and problem solving skills using data
• Success in crafting and articulating ideas and plans to both management and peers in the context of business priorities and needs
• Strong communication skills including conflict resolution, team management, and presentations
• Self-motivated; takes initiative to do further analysis when deeper insights can be achieved
• Collaborative facilitator who develops relationships and loyalty with their colleagues across all business functions and levels

Preferred qualifications

• An MS or MBA degree is desirable
• Experience with various project management and process management tools
• Experience in building and leading offshore teams and across multiple geographies