Finance & Strategy Partner, Central Engineering

Overview

The Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team supports Stripe's engineering leadership by providing understanding and predictability to R&D investments and operating expenses. They work cross-functionally across many surfaces at Stripe to ensure the durability of long-term financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Leverage financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions
• Be a 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, ensuring 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
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• A background in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or consulting
• Experience with large language models
• Experience with G Suite tools and SQL

Location

• New York
• South San Francisco HQ
• Seattle
• Chicago
• Remote in United States (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office)

Benefits

• Annual US base salary range: $133,800 - $200,800
• Equity
• Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Wellness stipends