Financial Accounting

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

In this role, you will own key financial areas and processes which support the recognition and reporting of financial results.  You will collaborate significantly with various stakeholders across finance, product, and engineering teams to understand and advise on accounting treatment of underlying business initiatives and transactions.  You will implement and maintain effective control environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in building scalable accounting processes to support global growth
• Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and analytical reviews, producing internal management reporting and external audit support
• Partner with Product, Systems, Treasury, Tax and Legal to support internal financial systems process improvements and automation and to advise on accounting implications
• Research and prepare technical accounting analyses for new accounting pronouncements and/or business initiatives
• Design, implement and execute effective internal control procedures
• Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedural documentation
• Develop accounting requirements documents to enable automation of our accounting procedures

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 relevant public accounting and/or industry experience 
• B.A. or B.S degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA strongly preferred)
• Fluency in U.S. GAAP and ability to research complex accounting issues
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal
• Strong knowledge of Excel and experience working with large data
• Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience with internal controls (design, implementation and execution)
• Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
• Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of (or experience in) the technology or payments industry.
• SQL experience