Finance and Strategy Data Analyst

About this role

Support Stripe’s financial planning and strategy through accurate close processes, forecasting, and data-driven analysis. The role combines recurring finance operations with cross-functional strategic work, including automating analyses with AI.

About the company

Stripe provides payment infrastructure and financial tools that help businesses accept payments, manage subscriptions, and move money globally. It serves startups through large enterprises with APIs for online and in-person commerce.

The team

Corporate Finance & Strategy

What you'll do

• Coordinate efficient, accurate, and timely month-end close processes
• Partner with Finance teams and business stakeholders, including Strategic Sourcing
• Use data to answer cross-functional strategy questions
• Build forecasts and targets, track performance, and analyze variances from actuals
• Develop understanding of business performance across regions and user segments
• Automate recurring work and analyses using AI

What we're looking for

• Experience with month-end close and collaboration across Finance functions such as Accounting, Tax, or Treasury
• Strong understanding of accounting, accruals, and operating expense management
• Experience in financial analysis, forecasting, and budget-versus-actual variance analysis
• Experience organizing recurring processes and cross-functional stakeholders to meet deadlines
• Ability to independently solve ambiguous problems and drive projects
• Ability to automate recurring tasks and use AI to streamline analysis
• Experience building dashboards and data visualization tools from scratch
• Strong business-partnering skills and ability to act as an objective advisor

Nice to have

• Strategic finance experience at a high-growth technology company, ideally in payments or fintech

Hiring process

1. Recruiter screen
2. Technical or skills-based assessment
3. Interviews with the team