Financial Analyst, Business F&S
Stripe · Bengaluru · 6451 COE F&S (SDC) · listed July 15, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
7–14 years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
11
Length
1,094 words
In the posting’s own words
This role sits within F&S Bengaluru, a high-impact team whose mission is to enable F&S to "Grow for Free", driving process efficiency, centralization, and resource optimization so that senior F&S partners can focus on higher-order strategic work.
What it asks for · 11
- 7–14 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or financial analysis, with meaningful hands-on experience in financial reporting, planning, and process standardization
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Strong FP&A fundamentals: you have owned reporting cycles, built and maintained financial models, and managed budget and forecast processes with precision and without supervision
- Proven track record of building and standardizing reporting processes, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure, consistency, and automation to previously manual or fragmented workflows
- Experience in headcount reporting and workforce analytics as part of a broader FP&A or Corporate Finance remit
- Command of enterprise planning systems such as Anaplan or any equivalent tool for financial and headcount planning; working knowledge of Workday for position and people data is an advantage
- Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including integrated model design, scenario modeling, and large-dataset manipulation
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial and workforce data into clear, concise narratives for senior leaders
- Strong process orientation with a history of building scalable, structured processes in ambiguous or resource-constrained environments
- High attention to detail with the discipline to maintain accuracy across high-volume, recurring deliverables under tight deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across time zones and with US-based counterparts
Also a plus
- Experience in a Finance & Strategy, FP&A, or Corporate Finance function at a high-growth technology or fintech company
- Hands-on experience building planning models in Anaplan or any other enterprise planning system (model design and configuration, not just data entry)
- Proficiency in SQL or data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, Hubble, or similar) for building self-service reporting and analytics
- Familiarity with payroll-to-finance reconciliation, headcount-to-opex bridging, and how HC flows into the P&L
- Experience leading process standardization or automation initiatives within an FP&A or centralized finance team
- Exposure to company-wide planning processes including annual planning cycles, board reporting, and forecast submissions
- MBA or professional certifications (CA, CMA, CFA, CPA, CPIM etc.)
Degree language
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
Tools and skills named
Operations & finance
- Excel
- Process improvement
- SOPs
Data
- Looker
- Tableau
Go to market
- Forecasting2×
Languages
- SQL
Security & compliance
- Audit
Ways of working
- Technical writing
Words the posting leans on
- reporting20×
- planning19×
- financial17×
- group business14×
- data11×
- finance11×
- process9×
- processes9×
- building8×
- headcount7×
- models7×
- experience6×
- forecast6×
- workforce6×
- analytics5×
- cycles5×
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