Strategy & Analytics Business Partner Analyst

Stripe•Chicago, IL

10h

About The Position

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform used by companies to accept payments, grow revenue, and pursue new business opportunities. Its mission is to increase the GDP of the internet. The Strategy & Analytics team helps maximize and accelerate Operations’ ability to serve Stripe users. It works across global teams on day-to-day operations and long-term strategic priorities, using data-driven strategy and analytics to support complex decisions and lead business planning and operational cadence from strategy through execution. The Strategy & Analytics Business Partner Analyst serves as the go-to expert for a business area. The role delivers critical insights and supports data-driven decision-making, while partnering with leaders on business strategy, planning, goal-setting, and performance tracking. The analyst may also scope and lead mission-critical projects and execute strategic initiatives.

Requirements

At least 5 years of prior experience in analytical and strategic roles in management consulting, Operations, Support, Risk, or Financial Services.
Outstanding analytical ability, expertise in SQL, and understanding of data relationships.
Outstanding communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience working in or with Operations, Support, Risk, Trust & Safety, Financial Crimes, or Financial Services.
Expertise working cross-functionally with globally distributed teams to drive business and operational goals using data.
Ability to connect the big picture with minute details and move between them to set and operationalize strategy.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in fast-paced environments, such as a high-growth internet or software company or management consulting.
Structured problem-solving skills combined with strong business acumen.
Experience with Tableau.

Responsibilities

Wrangle large, complex datasets using SQL to develop actionable insights and serve as the data expert for a business area.
Develop metrics and large-scale dashboards to track the health of user-facing and internal teams.
Conduct analyses using SQL and other analytical tools or languages; identify trends, conduct research, and build models to provide leadership with objective insights about opportunities, risks, and strategic priorities.
Create narratives and documents that communicate the state of the business area and influence senior Operations leaders and Stripe executives.
Partner with stakeholders across globally distributed teams, including Operations, Finance, Data Science, and Product/Engineering, to influence and drive cross-functional change.
Design, optimize, and lead operational reviews and the rhythm of the business.
Guide planning and goal-setting for the business area and conduct progress checks throughout the year.
Apply a return-on-investment lens to operational decisions to support informed trade-offs.
Support Financial Crimes forecasting and planning processes across near-, medium-, and long-term horizons to enable strategic decisions.
Potentially scope and lead mission-critical projects and execute strategic initiatives.