Finance & Strategy Partner (Central Engineering)

Stripe; Chicago, Seattle, New York, San Francisco (IL, WA, NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is looking for a Finance and Strategy Partner to join their Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team in San Francisco. In this role, you will support key financial processes including forecasting, budgeting, and reporting specifically for AI investments, collaborating closely with various teams to enhance financial systems and approaches.

Candidates should have 7-9 years of experience in strategic finance or FP&A, proficiency in AI tools, and a deep understanding of expense accounting principles.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years in strategic finance or FP&A.
• Experience in budget and forecast creation.
• Fluency in AI cost drivers.

Responsibilities

• Be a thought partner to engineering leadership.
• Support forecasting and budgeting for AI investments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for reporting dashboards.

Skills

Strategic finance experience

AI tools proficiency

Financial analysis

Expense accounting principles

Data visualization skills

Tools

Oracle

Anaplan

SQL

G Suite

Job description

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
• (Desirable) Experience working in corporate finance at a high-growth technology company
• (Desirable) Experience managing headcount and operating expenses
• (Desirable) Experience supporting engineering teams
• (Desirable) Experience with Oracle, Anaplan, or similar financial management applications
• (Desirable) Experience with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar coding agents
• (Desirable) Experience in data visualization and dashboarding
• (Desirable) Background in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or consulting
• (Desirable) Strong knowledge of G Suite tools and extracting, analyzing, and evaluating information from large data sets using SQL and large language models

What the job involves

• The Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team is an integral thought partner to Stripe's engineering leadership
• We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe's R&D investments and operating expenses. We work cross-functionally across many surfaces at Stripe and help ensure the durability of our long-term financial performance
• We're looking for a Finance and Strategy Partner to join our growing team. You'll help us with the forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for AI investments, including token spend, engineering headcount, and management tools
• You'll collaborate with data science, engineering, and finance teams to deliver improvements in our integrated financial systems and metrics, and help drive our strategies for productivity improvement and cost efficiency
• 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