Finance and Strategy Analyst, EMEA

Who we are

About Stripe

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.

About the team

The EMEA Finance & Strategy team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s core functional leaders. We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials. 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.

What you’ll do

We're looking for an F&S Analyst to join our growing team. This individual will help us partner with the EMEA Go To Market and EMEA Product teams, through the delivery of annual budgets, quarterly re-forecasts, monthly reports and commentary on financial performance, and all while delivering improvements to our integrated financial systems and tooling.

Responsibilities

Leverage your financial background to support and influence key strategic and business decisions across GTM headcount resourcing and regional product roadmaps.
Design and provide analytical rigour 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
Define metrics and leading indicators of business performance
Partner with cross functional teams, such as Data Science, to develop reporting dashboards
Drive continuous process improvement, standardisation, simplification and reporting enhancements.

Who you are

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.

Minimum requirements

3-5 years of relevant experience in commercial finance or FP&A 
A keen analytical eye and experience building integrated models from scratch (in Excel, or other planning applications)
Experience driving and executing on finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews, negotiations)
A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
A proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
The ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done
The ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
Excellent communication and organisational skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyse problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
Strong knowledge of GSuite tools and MS-Office products and experience working with/querying/analysing/visualising large data sets using SQL, and/or Python
Independently analyse and evaluate information from various data sources to determine a course of action for a matched case
Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail oriented

Preferred qualifications

Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company
Experience managing headcount and operating expenses
Experience supporting Go-to-Market and/or Product Functions
Oracle, Anaplan, Tableau or other equivalent application experience
Experience with Python or a willingness to learn
Experience in data visualisation and dashboarding

Hybrid work at Stripe

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £66,400 - £99,600. This range may change if you are hired in another location. 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 specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.