Who we are

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 staggering 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.

About the team

The Accounting Team is responsible for understanding and telling Stripe’s financial story and shaping our collective understanding of how Stripe is performing as a business. Our primary focus is maintaining a well-controlled environment that effectively supports corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure requirements. We advise and enable Stripe to grow. We operate in a fast-paced environment and collaborate significantly with cross-functional and international teams.

What you’ll do

We are looking for someone to join our team as a Global Consolidation and Corporate Accounting lead. In this role, you will orchestrate Stripe’s financial closes and enable Stripe’s close contributing teams to deliver results accurately and timely. This position offers opportunity for visibility and influence in shaping the financial close process at Stripe.

Responsibilities

• Communicate and liaise with various levels of management and financial controllers 
• Centrally enable Stripe’s close contributors to deliver results accurately and timely
• Execute financial consolidation workflows 
• Develop, implement and ensure adherence to consolidation policies across all entities, including expansion of global process standardization
• Manage changes to Stripe’s accounting systems, such as global chart of accounts
• Partner with Finance Systems to optimize usage of Oracle Financials Cloud applications, including supporting implementation of new functionality and automations
• Produce KPIs and close metrics to optimize close results across the Accounting organization

Who you are

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.

Minimum requirements

• 7+ years of experience
• Expertise in U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements (CPA preferred)
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting and consolidation processes
• Experience with global consolidation system(s) (preferably Oracle Financials Cloud)
• Detail-orientation with rigorous approach to delivering high-quality work
• Enthusiasm to get things done through a combination of hands on execution and leading others
• Ability to influence across diverse groups and levels, including financial system engineering teams