Job Description
Accounting Analyst
• About the Role
Stripe is seeking an experienced accountant to join its world-class accounting team and help scale for the future in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you will support our Payments and Payment Products revenue accounting, leveraging your technical expertise with US GAAP and Cash Treasury Accounting to quickly identify accounting implications and impacts to customers while advising and collaborating with team members cross-functionally to develop operational processes that help us scale.
• Key Responsibilities
• Build scalable accounting processes to support global growth in payment processing accounting.
• Partner closely with our product, go-to-market, and finance partners to thoroughly understand new products, features, and contracts.
• Partner with internal systems and engineering teams to support internal financial systems and automation of accounting processes.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls and design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date accounting procedural documentation.
• Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses, financial reporting deliverables, and analytical reviews.
• Produce internal management analyses and reporting.
• Support external audit processes.
• Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
• An accountancy qualification (e.g., CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• 3-6 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Degree in Accounting or Finance background.
• Proven experience in the monthly close process, journal preparation and posting, balance sheet reconciliations, audit, regulatory reporting, and exposure to accounting systems.
• Experience in month-end reporting and financial statement preparation.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP.
• 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.
• 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
• CPA, CA, or similar qualification.
• Knowledge of or experience in the technology or payments industry.
• Experience working with Oracle Suite.
• Experience with Hubble and SQL.
• Experience with Analytical Tools like Power BI and Tableau.
• In-office Expectations:
Office-assigned Stripes are expected to spend at least 50% of their time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team, and location.
• Benefits: Stripe values flexibility and offers a range of benefits to support our employees' well-being and success
• About the Role
Stripe is seeking an experienced accountant to join its world-class accounting team and help scale for the future in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you will support our Payments and Payment Products revenue accounting, leveraging your technical expertise with US GAAP and Cash Treasury Accounting to quickly identify accounting implications and impacts to customers while advising and collaborating with team members cross-functionally to develop operational processes that help us scale.
• Key Responsibilities
• Build scalable accounting processes to support global growth in payment processing accounting.
• Partner closely with our product, go-to-market, and finance partners to thoroughly understand new products, features, and contracts.
• Partner with internal systems and engineering teams to support internal financial systems and automation of accounting processes.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal controls and design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Develop and maintain up-to-date accounting procedural documentation.
• Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses, financial reporting deliverables, and analytical reviews.
• Produce internal management analyses and reporting.
• Support external audit processes.
• Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
• An accountancy qualification (e.g., CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• 3-6 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Degree in Accounting or Finance background.
• Proven experience in the monthly close process, journal preparation and posting, balance sheet reconciliations, audit, regulatory reporting, and exposure to accounting systems.
• Experience in month-end reporting and financial statement preparation.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP.
• 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.
• 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
• CPA, CA, or similar qualification.
• Knowledge of or experience in the technology or payments industry.
• Experience working with Oracle Suite.
• Experience with Hubble and SQL.
• Experience with Analytical Tools like Power BI and Tableau.
• In-office Expectations:
Office-assigned Stripes are expected to spend at least 50% of their time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team, and location.
• Benefits: Stripe values flexibility and offers a range of benefits to support our employees' well-being and success
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Leading Accountant position is now open for candidates interested in the Accountant Jobs sector. This role in Bangalore offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Accountant Jobs is a plus.
