Financial Data Analyst-user Billing

Stripe Stripe · Fintech · Bangalore, IN · 8121 Revenue Foundations

Stripe is hiring a Financial Data Analyst for their User Billing team in Bengaluru, India. The role involves performing data analysis, identifying trends, building visualizations, and providing insights to stakeholders in GTM, Accounting, Finance, and Tax. Responsibilities include ticket triaging for misbilling, supporting month-end close processes, coordinating cross-functional projects for operational efficiencies, and supporting financial audits. The role also requires collaboration with the FinSys engineering team and conducting internal knowledge sharing sessions. Candidates need a STEM degree, 3+ years of data analysis experience, strong SQL proficiency, experience with large datasets, excellent communication and project management skills, and domain knowledge in Finance/Accounting.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform data analysis, identify trends, conduct research, build visualizations, all to deliver objective, critical insights that fulfill team stakeholders’ (GTM, Accounting, Finance, Tax) business needs
  2. Perform ticket triaging to identify potential misbilling billing by analyzing transactional data and figuring out the amount to be refunded or clawed back
  3. Provide data analysis support to Accounting and Finance & Strategy team for month end close process (i.e. data validation, incident investigation)
  4. Coordinate cross-functional projects to identify and drive operational efficiencies that support our stakeholders ability to run a more efficiently and effectively
  5. Perform data analysis to support financial audits in a timely and accurately manner

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM major (i.e. Computer Science, Math, Stat, Engineering, etc.)
  • 3+ years of prior working experience in data analysis fields
  • Strong analytical ability
  • proficiency with SQL (minimum of 4 years advanced SQL)
  • strong understanding of data relationships
  • Experience working with extremely large datasets
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Expertise working cross-functionally to drive business and operational goals
  • Excellent project management skills and ability to hold others accountable for results
  • Ability to connect the big picture to minute details
  • Operating as part of a team adhering to established norms and values
  • Ability to identify opportunities to improve the data management processes
  • Domain knowledge in Finance/Accounting

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in STEM major
  • Experience working in fast-paced environments (e.g. high-growth fintech/tech company, management consulting)
  • Experience working with PM, Engineers, Finance Team or Accounting Team
  • Experience in handling tickets and adhering to KPIs and metrics
  • Experience managing/mentoring junior data analysts
  • Experience with visualization tools
  • Experience working with teams in disparate time zones (i.e. US teams)
  • Experience in onboarding merchants to a billing platform

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum of 4 years advanced SQL
  • extremely large datasets
  • Domain knowledge in Finance/Accounting