About the role
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 Product Accounting team at Stripe supports products across Stripe by providing guidance on accounting implications and enabling teams to make informed strategic decisions. The team records business transactions accurately and on time in the balance sheet and income statement, and partners with cross-functional and international teams in a fast-paced environment.
What you’ll do
Stripe is seeking an experienced accountant to join our world-class accounting team, focusing on products developed by our Bridge subsidiary. You’ll leverage your technical expertise with U.S. GAAP to identify accounting implications and customer impacts and advise cross-functional partners. You will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate month-end close results for Bridge products, while also working on initiatives to create scalable accounting solutions..
Responsibilities
- Plan and perform monthly close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, analytic reviews, and financial reporting deliverables for Bridge products
- Identify, recommend and implement scalable accounting processes to support global growth at Bridge
- Partner with our business and finance teams to understand new products, features, and contracts, and advise on accounting implications
- Partner with Internal Systems and Engineering teams to improve financial systems and automate accounting processes
- Assess the effectiveness of internal controls and design processes and controls for emerging business activities
- Understand data and system flows, analyzing financial results to identify and address anomalies.
- Support external audit processes
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
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Professional accountancy qualification, such as CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, or CIMA
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and experience with internal controls
- Experience with monthly or quarterly close processes, journal-entry preparation and posting, audits, regulatory reporting, financial-statement preparation, and accounting systems
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to convey financial concepts to both financial and non-financial audiences
- Ability to structure ambiguous work and build systems and automation
- Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in the technology or payments industry
- Experience accounting for cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins
- Experience with Oracle Suite
- Experience with data-querying and analysis tools, including SQL
- Exposure to relevant US GAAP standards, e.g. ASC 860, ASC 606, or ASC 326, is preferred.