F&S COE Manager

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We are building an elite team to drive financial insight and strategy at Stripe. The Finance & 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.

What it asks for · 9

• 8+ years of relevant FP&A, strategic finance, or business-finance experience with 2+ years managing a team
• Experience owning planning and forecasting processes across headcount, operating expenses, and/or revenue.
• Strong financial-analysis fundamentals, including budgeting and forecasting, month-end close support, and budget-versus-actual variance analysis.
• The ability to manage and develop a small team of analysts, including setting priorities, reviewing work, coaching, and creating clear accountability.
• Ability to retain a defined individual-contributor portfolio alongside people-management responsibilities. ~50% IC work, 50% Manager responsibilities.
• Strong SQL and/or Python skills, with demonstrated ability to automate recurring analyses and improve finance workflows through AI-enabled tools and automation.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, independently develop a point of view, and drive cross-functional projects to completion.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with a track record of acting as a trusted, objective finance partner to business leaders.
• Experience working effectively across regions, time zones, and cross-functional teams.

Also a plus

• Advanced knowledge of SQL or Python
• Advanced knowledge of data visualization tools

What the job covers

• Partner with F&S and Business Leaders to drive the long-term success of Stripe
• Coach, mentor, and oversee a team of small analysts
• Work cross functionally to identify important strategy questions and answer them with data
• Build financial forecasts and targets, 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
• 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

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Words the posting leans on

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• strategy4×
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• advanced knowledge2×
• analysts2×
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• business leaders2×
• business performance2×

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