Accounting Technical Solutions Lead

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 well-controlled environment that effectively supports corporate governance financial reporting and disclosure requirements. We advise and enable Stripe to grow supporting all products at Stripe consulting on accounting implications and supporting teams ability to make informed strategic decisions. We operate in a fast-paced environment and collaborate significantly with cross-functional and international teams.

What youll do

Our Accounting team is seeking an innovative embedded technical resource to help us scale for the future in a fast-paced environment thats growing rapidly. Youll leverage your accounting artificial intelligence (AI) and technical expertise to build intelligent solutions that enhance Stripes accounting capabilities. Youll develop AI-powered tools and models autonomous agents and data products that automate complex workflows and provide actionable insights within a framework of financial reporting control. Working at the intersection of artificial intelligence accounting and product development youll collaborate with engineering and finance teams to deploy cutting-edge AI applications that scale with Stripes growth and support our mission of increasing the GDP of the internet.

Responsibilities

• Apply your accounting and finance domain expertise to identify explore and prototype high-impact opportunities where AI can solve complex accounting challenges
• Build using AI-powered tools and artificial intelligence solutions to automate accounting workflows enhance controllership and scale our operations
• Design and deploy autonomous AI agents using frameworks that can reason plan and execute complex multi-step problems and enhance decision-making processes through understanding risk and maintaining effective financial reporting controls.
• Ship and maintain interactive data products and self-service analytics tools using SQL and Python frameworks (data visualization and dashboards low-code application building frameworks) that provide real-time insights and actionable intelligence
• Work across Accounting and partner teams to uncover efficiency opportunities including AI use cases document requirements and translate complex financial workflows into well controlled technical solutions
• Partner with Accounting and SOX teams to assess and develop an effective internal controls approach to AI-based accounting solutions

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

• 10 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years of experience in accounting related or adjacent roles (e.g. finance systems process improvement)
• B.A. or B.S degree in Accounting Finance Finance Systems or Information Systems
• Fluency in U.S. GAAP
• Advanced proficiency in SQL including writing complex queries using CTEs (common table expressions) window functions and joins for data analysis and pipeline logic
• Familiarity with modern data tools (Python Databricks ETL/ELT processes data pipelines) and coding with AI assistance
• Comprehensive understanding of AI fundamentals and experience with emerging AI/LLM tools conversational interfaces prompt engineering or automation platforms and RPA
• Solution and results-oriented with a focus on delivering impact in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills both written and verbal with the ability to convey financial concepts to both financial and non-financial audiences
• Experience with internal controls (design implementation and execution)

Preferred qualifications

• Familiarity with the payments industry and fintech landscape