Financial Reporting and Corporate 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 support all aspects of our financial reporting, leveraging your technical expertise with US GAAP to quickly identify accounting and reporting implications and impacts to our cross-functional stakeholders. In addition, you will support our internal and statutory reporting processes, cross-functional initiatives, and internal control environment.

Responsibilities

Drive accurate and timely financial reporting for our consolidated and US regulated entities
Support external audit processes and statutory reporting
Produce internal management analyses and reporting
Build scalable accounting and reporting processes to support global growth
Identify, recommend, and implement process and automation improvements and collaborate on special projects
Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses, financial reporting deliverables, and analytical reviews
Partner with teams such as Internal Systems, Finance and Strategy, Treasury, Investor Relations, Tax, and Legal to determine and operationalize the accounting and reporting implications of new business initiatives and transactions
Design, implement, and execute efficient internal control 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)
Expertise in U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements
Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal
Strong knowledge of Excel
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
Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy

Preferred qualifications

Knowledge of (or experience in) the technology or payments industry
Experience with Workiva and Oracle

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

The annual US base salary range for this role is $126,600 - $189,800. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

Office locations

Seattle

Team

Controllership

Job type

Full time

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