F&S COE Analyst

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 global 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.

F&S is expanding to support the needs of our growing business, and this role is an exciting opportunity to join a new Finance & Strategy team in Bangalore. This team is chartered to deliver thoughtful analysis to inform key business decisions, through simplification and automation of key financial planning processes. If you are an experienced Finance FP&A professional who wants to make an impact in a dynamic and growing organization, please read below.

What you’ll do

We're looking for a F&S Analyst to join our growing team. This individual will help us with the forecasting budgeting and reporting for various departments accurately and in a timely manner and deliver improvements in our integrated financial systems with business partners, finance colleagues, and engineers.

Responsibilities

Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions

Design and provide analytical rigor to measure efficiency and ROI of investments in headcount and non-headcount expenses

Drive reporting, process and discipline for finance routines to shape and influence decision-making (e.g. budget, forecast, monthly reviews, long-range plans)

Build and own models for in-depth analyses, as well as ensure their quality, timeliness, and accuracy

Define metrics and leading indicators of business performance

Partner with Data Science teams to develop reporting dashboards

Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements

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

4+ years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A

A keen analytical eye and experience building integrated models from scratch (in Excel or other planning applications)

Experience driving and executing on finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews, negotiations, investment analysis)

A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners

A proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business res