Corporate Accounting
Corporate Accounting
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Job Description
Who we are
About Stripe
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.
About the team
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 wellcontrolled environment that effectively supports corporate governance financial reporting and disclosure requirements. We advise and enable Stripe to grow. We operate in a fastpaced environment and collaborate significantly with crossfunctional and international teams.
What youll do
In this role you will own key corporate accounting areas and processes which support the recognition and reporting of financial results. You will 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. You will implement and maintain effective control environments.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Research and prepare technical accounting analyses for new accounting pronouncements and/or 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 of effective internal control procedures
- Partner with Product Systems Treasury Tax People and Legal to support internal financial systems process improvements and automation
Who you are
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.
Minimum requirements
- 6 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 topics
- Excellent communication and organizational skills both written and verbal
- Strong knowledge of Excel and experience working with large data
- Demonstrated experience partnering with crossfunctional stakeholders
- Experience with internal controls (design implementation and
- Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
- Solutionoriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of (or experience in) the technology or payments industry.
- SQL experience
Employment Type
Full Time
