Finance & Strategy Lead, Growth at Stripe

<h2><strong>Who we are </strong></h2> <h3><strong>About Stripe</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <h3><strong>About the team</strong></h3> <p>The Finance &amp; Strategy team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s core functional leaders.&nbsp; We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials.&nbsp; We work cross functionally across many surfaces at Stripe and help steward Stripe’s resource investments to improve the durability of our long term financial performance.</p> <h2><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h2> <p>You will partner directly with Stripe’s Growth organization, playing a pivotal role in shaping self-serve strategy and driving self-serve revenue across our global customer base. As a trusted advisor to Growth, Product, and Marketing leadership, you will use data and financial insights to improve forecasting accuracy, inform investment decisions, and optimize our self-serve business. Your work will directly support Stripe’s next phase of growth by accelerating efficient customer acquisition, activation, and expansion across all segments.</p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;</span></h3> <ul> <li>Lead strategic finance support for the Growth organization, partnering closely with Growth, Product, Data Science, the CMO, and Product Finance.</li> <li>Develop a deep understanding of the self-serve funnel (acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, expansion) and provide actionable insights that inform both Product and Growth strategy.</li> <li>Own forecasting and planning processes for Self-serve revenue across all segments, regions, and products; provide clear visibility into drivers of growth and performance against plan.</li> <li>Build and maintain robust financial models that connect marketing demand generation, growth investments, product or pricing changes, and external drivers to revenue outcomes, enabling high-quality scenario planning and decision-making.</li> <li>Assess ROI of growth initiatives and other customer acquisition investments, ensuring capital is deployed effectively to maximize long-term value.</li> <li>Identify and drive opportunities for process automation, data standardization, and improved data infrastructure in partnership with Data Science to increase reporting accuracy and decision velocity.</li> <li>Translate complex financial, product, and growth data into clear narratives for executive audiences.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Who you are</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <h3><strong>Minimum requirements</strong></h3> <ul> <li>10+ years of experience in FP&amp;A, Growth Finance, or Strategic Finance roles</li> <li>B.A. or B.S degree in related field&nbsp;</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to forecast revenue, and model funnel dynamics in complex B2B environments</li> <li>Proven track record of partnering with senior GTM and Product leaders, and influencing business decisions through financial insight</li> <li>Strong financial modeling skills and experience with large, multi-variable planning tools</li> <li>Some SQL skills to independently access and manipulate complex datasets</li> <li>Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts into clear, actionable insights</li> <li>Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Preferred qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company</li> <li>Anaplan, Tableau or other equivalent application experience</li> <li>Advanced SQL skills</li> <li>Experience in data visualization and dashboarding</li> </ul>