Overview
This role involves joining the Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team as a Finance and Strategy Partner. The team partners with engineering leadership to provide understanding and predictability for R&D investments and operating expenses, working cross-functionally to support durable long-term financial performance.
Responsibilities
- Leverage financial experience to support and influence key strategic and business decisions
- Serve as a financial partner to business teams by analyzing and evaluating strategic projects and initiatives (e.g., foundational investments or business model shifts)
- Apply analytical rigor to measure efficiency and ROI of investments in headcount and non-headcount expenses
- Own and drive reporting routines, processes, and discipline to shape decision-making (e.g., budget, forecast, monthly reviews, and long-range plans)
- Build and own models for in-depth analyses, ensuring quality, timeliness, and accuracy
- Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance Systems, Data Science, Infrastructure Engineering) to develop reporting dashboards
- Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification, and reporting enhancements
Requirements
- 7–9 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A
- Demonstrated experience driving and executing on finance processes (e.g., budget and forecast creation, contract negotiations, headcount envelope management)
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools (coding agents, skills, forecasting tools) to develop data visualizations, explore datasets, and quickly build expertise in new tools
- Fluency in AI cost drivers and metrics, including token caching, reads, and writes, model selection principles, and billing frameworks
- Deep understanding of expense accounting principles including accruals, amortization, and capitalization
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in corporate finance at a high-growth technology company
- Experience managing headcount and operating expenses
- Experience supporting engineering teams
- Experience with Oracle, Anaplan, or similar financial management applications
- Experience with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar coding agents
- Experience in data visualization and dashboarding
- Background in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or consulting
- Strong knowledge of G Suite tools and extracting, analyzing, and evaluating information from large data sets using SQL and large language models
Compensation & Benefits
- The annual US base salary range for this role is $133,800 - $200,800.
- Additional benefits may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.
Location
Hybrid work is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).
- In-office expectations: Office-assigned employees spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users.
- Working remotely: A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of the offices. The expectation is that the role will be regularly worked from home. Relocating to a remote location is not covered. Employees are encouraged to apply for roles that match where they currently live or plan to live.
Application Details
The application window will remain open for 100 days after the job post is published, but it may close based on business needs.