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 GTM Finance and 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. Your work will be highly visible to Stripe leadership and instrumental to realizing Stripe’s business aspirations. 

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales and Marketing leaders to drive the success of Stripe’s commercial efforts.
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing leadership to identify important strategy questions and answer them with data.
• Build financial forecasts, 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.
• Support Stripe leadership in evaluating go-to-market resource allocation and investment decisions.  
• 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

• At least 3-5 years of operational experience including experience within investment banking, management consulting, private equity, venture capital, or business insights / analytics roles, and ideally more recent experience in strategic finance functions at a high-growth company.
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and department leads. You are seen as a trusted and objective advisor.
• An enthusiastic "roll up your sleeves" mentality.
• A proven ability to be a self-starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision.
• The ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with SQL or a willingness to learn is a must.