Job Description

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

As Stripe\'s user base and global footprint grows dramatically, we have
distinctly unique support problems resulting from both our type of scale
and the type of businesses we partner with. The Stripe Delivery Center
(SDC) strategy will provide operational leverage and expand Stripe\'s
portfolio of operational capabilities to support the scaled needs for
external users and internal Stripe teams.

What you\'ll do

Joining the Finance team, will put you amongst some of the most talented
finance and operations leaders in the globe. We are looking for a
proven leader to build and lead the fast-growing International
Accounting team within our Stripe Delivery Center (SDC). The
International Accounting Manager will supervise and evaluate all
day-to-day GL accounting activities and have experience implementing new
systems and tools. This position will suit a person who is a hands-on
manager and excited to assist in managing the monthly close, indirect
tax filings, cash flow forecasting, intercompany accounting, statutory
reporting, consolidation, and audits of all our international
subsidiaries and branches.Based in the Bangalore office, you will be on
the ground floor of this function with an opportunity to set the pace
and direction for the future.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop and lead a team to support Global Accounting including

Corporate and International Accounting.

• Perform and drive monthly / quarterly close activities, including

manual journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance
analyses and analytical reviews, producing internal management
reporting and external audit support

• Identify potential inefficiencies in existing processes and propose

improvements

• Participate in building scalable accounting processes to support

global growth

• Partner with Billing, Internal Systems, Treasury, Tax and/or Legal to

investigate issues that arise during reporting cycles

• Execute efficient internal control documentation and sign-off

procedures

• Enhance and maintain existing accounting policy and procedural

documentation

• Drive end to end improvement of input processes to enable scale and

productivity

• Develop, manage and improve process metrics utilizing automation, lean

practices and process optimization to scale

• Create global best practice documentation and facilitate sharing

across the globe.

• Create a culture consistent with Stripe Operating and Leadership

principles and an inspiring work environment that brings the best out
of people at work.

• Provide robust feedback on process health and performance, identifying

and remediating errors and delivering scale over time

• Partner with global process owners and functional leaders to

demonstrate impeccable performance across multiple workflows and set a
high bar for consistent improvement over time

• Lead cross functional projects and reporting that drive performance

improvement, visibility and automation throughout financial
services.

We are looking for:

• Demonstrated knowledge of key business financial metrics, providing

metrics inputs to various reporting venues, and communicating key
performance indicators to stakeholders in support of business
objectives

• Advanced finance operations experience of leading large operational

processes

• Ability to set goals, financial plans and effectively influence

leaders across Stripe

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

• Big 4 exposure to audit, accounting and risk reviews.

• 7 - 10+ years of relevant public accounting and/or industry experience

• Led Accounting teams in multi location and exposure to working in

multicultural, location and dynamic business environment

• B.A. or B.S degree in Accounting or Finance (CPA, Chartered Accountant

strongly preferred)

• Fluency in U.S. GAAP

• Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and

verbal

• Strong knowledge of Excel and experience working with large data sets

• Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or STEM field

(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math); MBA preferred

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in building and scaling new teams from zero

• Strong operational background including new process launch, service

delivery in a high growth technology company

• Experience with written and verbal communications for both technical

and non-technical audiences at the senior leadership level

• Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to challenge

conventional wisdom, make fact-based decisions, and drive root cause
analysis, and evaluate outcomes

Pay and Benefits

Stripe does not yet include pay ranges in job postings in every country. Stripe strongly values pay transparency and is working toward pay transparency globally in 2023.

Office locations

Bengaluru

Team

Controllership

Job type

Full time

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