Corporate Accounting

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companiesfrom the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startupsuse 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.

The Accounting Team is responsible for understanding and telling Stripes 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.

In this role youll own key corporate accounting areas and processes that support the recognition and reporting of financial results. Youll collaborate significantly with various stakeholders across finance people legal product and engineering teams to understand and advise on accounting treatment of underlying business initiatives and transactions. Other responsibilities include reconciling balance sheets and P&L accounts and providing supplementary financial information for internal and external reports. Youll implement and maintain effective control environments.

• Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities including balance sheet reconciliations variance analyses and analytical reviews internal management reporting and external audit support
• Research and prepare technical accounting analyses for new accounting pronouncements and business initiatives
• Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedural documentation
• Analyze financial performance identify trends and provide clear variance explanations to key stakeholders
• Participate in building scalable accounting processes to support global growth including developing accounting requirements to enable automation of accounting procedures
• Assist in design implementation and execution of effective internal control procedures
• Partner with Product Systems Treasury Tax People and Legal to support internal financial systems process improvements and automation

Were 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.

• 6 years of relevant public accounting and industry experience with a B.A. or B.S. degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA strongly preferred)
• Fluency in U.S. GAAP and the ability to research complex accounting topics
• Experience with internal controls including design implementation and execution and strong working knowledge of Excel and large data sets
• Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to partner with and influence cross-functional stakeholders
• A track record of producing results on challenging projects with a solution-oriented mindset and enthusiasm for establishing best practices

• Knowledge of or experience in the technology or payments industry
• SQL experience