Head of Money Management, Finance & Strategy

About the role

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. The Finance & Strategy team, led by the successful candidate, will partner with Money Management product leaders to shape the portfolio's strategy, growth, investment priorities, and financial performance as it scales.

Responsibilities

• Own revenue forecasting and performance management across Money Management, including volume trends and unit economics.
• Develop and maintain integrated financial models that reflect underlying product drivers.
• Establish and maintain key business metrics and KPIs to measure performance of new and existing products.
• Present performance in business forums, highlighting drivers, risks and actionable insights.
• Drive strategy and decision-making by bringing rigorous financial analysis and product and industry expertise to help product leaders evaluate tradeoffs and shape strategic roadmaps.
• 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.
• Serve as a key contributor to key business reviews and leadership forums, translating complex product economics into clear insights for executive audiences.
• Build, lead and develop a high performing team of finance & strategy partners.
• Align and scale the team to support product growth.
• 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.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant experience in product finance, strategic finance or FP&A, preferably at a high growth payments, fintech, marketplace/platform, or enterprise SaaS business.
• Deep experience in revenue-oriented financial modeling (e.g. pricing analysis, unit economics, volume/take-rate forecasting, deal economics) with the ability to architect complex, integrated models.
• A proven track record of partnering with senior product or business leaders, translating complex financial data into clear and compelling narratives, and influencing strategic decisions through financial analysis and insights.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing finance teams (including hiring, developing, and retaining top talent) while serving as a hands-on player-coach.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and an ability to create structure and clarity.
• Working knowledge of SQL and comfort working with large, complex datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing materials for and presenting to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience in or exposure to Money Movement and Embedded Finance products (e.g. Payouts, Treasury, Capital, Issuing).
• Experience working closely with different Finance functions (e.g. Accounting, Tax, Treasury, IR).
• Familiarity with leveraging AI/ML tools to enhance and automate financial analysis.
• Experience working with Python, Anaplan, Tableau, or equivalent tools is a plus.
• Experience in a high-growth, rapidly scaling environment.

Pay and Benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $216,800 - $325,200. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location.

Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process. 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.