Accounting Analyst (Accounting Operations)

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.

To further this important mission, we are building our Accounting Operations team in Bangalore Finance and are looking for someone to help us scale for the future in a fast paced environment.

What you’ll do

We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join the fast-growing Global Finance team at Bangalore Finance . In this exciting new role you will support the transition of accounting services from Local Services Providers (LSPs) to Bangalore Finance  and will have the opportunity to implement process improvements and optimizations as part of the insourcing of this critical work.  You will be part of the Accounting team and will work closely with Finance Operations, Legal Entity Controllers, Treasury and Tax to ensure a seamless transition of workflows. These workflows include month-end reconciliations and journal entry preparation.

Responsibilities

  • Transition accounting services work from local services providers to Bangalore Finance 
  • Work closely with Accounting and FinOps to understand the services currently provided by LSPs and make an inventory of tasks
  • Work closely with the LSP and internal teams in advance of transition to make sure that there is no disruption to services during the transition period
  • Identify, plan and help resource the scope of work from LSPs as part of the overall transition project
  • Perform monthly / quarterly close activities, which will include manual journal entries and  balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Participate in building scalable accounting processes to support global growth
  • Partner when needed with Finance Operations, Treasury, Tax, and other areas of Finance as applicable. 
  • Execute efficient internal control documentation and sign-off procedures
  • Enhance and maintain procedural documentation and SOPs
  • Drive end to end improvement of input processes to enable scale and productivity 
  • Contribute to cross functional projects that drive performance improvement, visibility and automation throughout financial services.  

 

Who you are

Excellent understanding of accounting and related month-end processes. The ability to exercise good judgment and discretion while rigorously applying our compliance policies. Sound knowledge of general ledger systems and procedures, financial charts of accounts and corporate procedures. Ability to work independently in a scaling and rapidly changing environment. Excellent organizational skills, and ability to communicate, both written and verbal. Solid problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done

 

Minimum requirements

  • An accountancy qualification (e.g ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 4 -8 years of relevant accounting experience
  • Degree in Accounting or Finance background
  • Proven experience in the monthly close process, journal preparation and posting, audit, and exposure to accounting systems.
  • The ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
  • Strong analytical skills and strong knowledge of Excel and/or Google Sheets
  • An enthusiastic “roll up your sleeves” mentality
  • A passion for creating new systems and solving problems via infrastructure and automation
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and with different cultures
  • Demonstrated experience with internal controls
  • Ability to be flexible and comfortable with changing requirements

You will also likely have (not required):

  • Experience working at a high-growth technology company
  • Oracle or other equivalent application experience

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

Stripe does not yet include pay ranges in job postings in every country. Stripe strongly values pay transparency and is working toward pay transparency globally.

Office locations

Bengaluru

Team

Controllership

Job type

Full time

We look forward to hearing from you

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.