Treasury Operations Manager

Job Description

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 large 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.

At its core, Stripe is a treasury company.  We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to build a new Treasury Operations team within Treasury Finance. Treasury Finance is inextricably intertwined with Stripe’s products; in order to continue to build novel and powerful products for our users, our own treasury capabilities, systems, and operations must be excellent.

Treasury Operations is integral to the strategy, execution and support of many Treasury Finance’s core functionalities (cash management, investment management, payments processing, risk management and compliance).  This role will reside within our Liquidity Management team and work closely with our Capital Markets and Capital Financial Risk Management teams.

In addition to daily operational support of the Treasury Finance functions, you will also help drive the transformation towards more efficient and automated processes helping to build tools to create operational efficiency and excellence for each aspect of Treasury Operations. You will also help to develop metrics and ensure we’re continuously improving our processes and systems to support new products, supporting the goal of a world-class Treasury Operations function.

• Help manage daily operations relating to cash management and funding needs, FX and interest rate trading support, and bank partner relationship management in market
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing team, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of excellence and ongoing learning
• Support governance and analysis pertaining to our investment portfolios and interest income earning
• Focus on continuous improvements of Treasury Finance processes striving for operational efficiency and excellence 
• Liaise with audit, risk and compliance team to ensure adherence to internal and external controls and regulatory reporting requirements
• Develop and implement Treasury Finance policies, procedures, risk assessment and controls across a number of operational functions
• Iterate on metrics in partnership with Data Science to provide observability of our daily operational processes
• Analyze and optimize funds flows across a number of areas including costs, working capital, liquidity risk, and other constraints

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.

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of Treasury experience, preferably within liquidity management, finance, risk management or operations.
• Proven leadership abilities with a track record of building and growing a team.
• Experience of daily treasury operations, including cash management, trade execution, forecasting and systems integration.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to build and leverage cross-functional relationships.
• Fast learner, with exceptional attention to detail, and ability to multi-task and navigate a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving skills. You enjoy “rolling up your sleeves” to dive into the details of a complex problem to come up with scalable solutions.
• Curiosity and a desire to understand how things work and how they could be optimized to work at scale.
• An ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, evolving environment, which requires the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements. 

• Knowledge of the payments industry and fintech landscape
• Familiarity with regulations that pertain to the payments and financial services industries
• Experience with SQL, R, or equivalent.