[Remote] Finance & Strategy Lead, Payments Product
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, seeking a seasoned finance leader to guide their Agentic Commerce ambitions. The role involves acting as a financial and strategic advisor, developing investment frameworks, and driving financial outcomes in a complex environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as a financial and strategic advisor to the business, building investment cases and business plans, and evaluating business performance
- Create executive-ready presentations that tell the 'investor narrative' taking into account internal data as well as external resources
- Support new business / product launches, helping drive strategy and decision-making by bringing rigorous driver-based financial analyses / frameworks and product and industry expertise to help product leaders evaluate tradeoffs and shape strategic roadmaps
- As the business matures, establish and maintain key business metrics and KPIs to measure performance of new products
- Lead the quarterly forecast and annual strategic financial planning process
- Develop long range financial models with scenario analysis and actionable recommendations on growth, monetization and where to prioritize investments
- Present performance in business forums, highlighting drivers, risks and actionable insights
- Drive process improvement and analytics scalability, partnering cross-functionally to evolve data infrastructure, reporting and analytics
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to enable the team to operate at the leading edge of financial analysis
Skills
- At least 10+ years of relevant experience within strategic finance, ideally at a high-growth technology company and/or with prior experience in hedge funds, sell-side, or VC with strong analytical background (i.e. investment banking)
- B.A. or B.S degree in related field
- Exceptional analytical capabilities and business acumen, with the ability to simplify and distill complex information in a rigorous but consumable way
- Ability to create polished, executive- and investor-ready presentations that communicate complex narratives clearly and concisely with high impact
- Broad exposure to multiple industries and sectors; experience in technology, SaaS, or AI is a plus
- Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and executives; you are seen as a trusted and objective advisor
- An enthusiastic self-starter with a 'roll up your sleeves' mentality
- Ability to manage multiple work streams and maintain high performance under tight timelines
- Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
- Experience with SQL or a willingness to learn
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Deep understanding of payment and card networks economics
- Experience as a finance business partner supporting a partnerships or deal-making function
Benefits
- Equity
- Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Wellness stipends
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