Infra Engineering Finance & Strategy Partner

Stripe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Stripe is hiring a Finance and Strategy Partner to join the Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team. You’ll help forecast, budget, and report on AI investments, collaborate with data science, engineering, and finance to improve integrated financial systems and metrics, and drive productivity and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes partnering with cross-functional teams to develop dashboards, model investments, and implement process improvements, reporting, and controls across the finance

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A.
• Demonstrated experience driving and executing on finance processes (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

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

Skills

Strategic finance

FP&A

AI tools

Data visualization

SQL

G Suite

Oracle

Anaplan

Coding agents

Cost accounting

Tools

Oracle

Anaplan

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

SQL

G Suite

Job description

Stripe is hiring a Finance and Strategy Partner to join the Infrastructure Finance and Strategy team. You’ll help forecast, budget, and report on AI investments, collaborate with data science, engineering, and finance to improve integrated financial systems and metrics, and drive productivity and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes partnering with cross-functional teams to develop dashboards, model investments, and implement process improvements, reporting, and controls across the finance