Corporate Finance & Strategy - Board & Opex Lead

Summary

Join Stripe's Corporate Finance & Strategy team as a key player in shaping financial decisions and corporate planning. Lead the Board cycle, preparing presentations and driving cross-functional alignment. Support strategic and financial planning processes through operating expense analysis and reporting. Develop and evolve scalable processes for forecasting and analyzing operating expenses. Develop and monitor key financial performance metrics, communicating insights to stakeholders. Contribute to the design and implementation of planning and automation tools. Support leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives and key decision processes. Partner with Investor Relations on performance drivers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience in corporate planning, business finance, or related fields, particularly with experience in a Corporate or Business FP&A environment
• Experience forecasting and analyzing financial results
• Strong analytical skills, and extensive experience architecting integrated models from scratch, in Excel or in other planning applications
• Strong working understanding of US GAAP and other financial reporting principles
• A proven ability to identify and drive impactful financial outcomes
• A proven ability to communicate effectively and build strong working relationships
• A proclivity for working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead the Board cycle for Stripe including preparing presentations and key materials, driving cross functional alignment, and presenting key insights to the Leadership team
• Play a key role in supporting our consolidated strategic and financial planning processes through Operating Expenses analysis and reporting. Drive operating rigor and provide analytical insights
• Develop and evolve scalable processes and partner across the broader Finance & Strategy organization to effectively forecast and analyze operating expenses performance. Drive a culture of ownership and accountability
• Develop and monitor critical financial performance metrics, and communicate actionable insights to relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to the design and implementation of planning and automation tools
• Support Stripe leadership in evaluating strategic initiatives and key decision processes
• Operate as an integral part of Stripe’s Corporate Finance team, and partner with Investor Relations on key drivers of performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a high-growth, rapidly scaling environment
• Experience working closely with different Finance functions (e.g. Accounting, Tax, Treasury, IR)