Finance & Strategy Partner, Central Engineering

Responsibilities

• Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions
• Be your business teams' financial partner for analysis and evaluation of strategic projects and initiatives (e.g. foundational investments or business model shifts)
• Design and provide analytical rigor to measure efficiency and ROI of investments in headcount and non-headcount expenses
• Drive reporting, process, and discipline for finance routines to shape and influence decision-making (e.g. budget, forecast, monthly reviews, long-range plans)
• Build and own models for in-depth analyses, as well as ensure their quality, timeliness, and accuracy
• Partner with cross-functional teams, such as Finance Systems, Data Science, and 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 and explore datasets and developing expertise in new tools quickly
• 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

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

Pay and Benefits

• The annual US base salary range for this role is $133,800 - $200,800.
• Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

Work Schedule

• Hybrid work at Stripe
• In-office expectations: Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users.
• Working remotely at Stripe: A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices.