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Role Overview: You will be a part of the Stripe Product Accounting Team, where you will play a crucial role in supporting all products at Stripe. Your main responsibility will be to consult on accounting implications and support teams in making informed strategic decisions. Operating in a fast-paced environment, you will collaborate significantly with cross-functional and international teams to ensure accurate and timely recording of business-generated transactions on the balance sheet and income statement. Key Responsibilities: - Partner with internal systems and engineering teams to support internal financial systems and automate accounting processes. - Conduct in-depth analyses using critical thinking to identify root causes, propose resolutions, and assess the financial impact of issues or opportunities. - Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and accounting teams to drive solutions and ensure alignment on financial and operational outcomes. - Assess the effectiveness of internal controls, design new processes, and controls for emerging and growing business activities. - Partner closely with product, go-to-market, and finance partners to thoroughly understand new products, features, and contracts. - 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. Qualifications Required: Minimum Requirements: - An accountancy qualification (e.g., CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 3-6 years of relevant accounting experience. - Degree in Accounting or Finance background. - Proven experience in the monthly close process, journal preparation and posting, audit, regulatory reporting, and exposure to accounting systems. - Experience in month-end reporting and financial statement preparation. - Working knowledge of US GAAP - ASC 606, ASC326 & ASC450. - 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. - Experience working with Oracle Suite. - Experience with Hubble and SQL. - Experience with Analytical Tools like Power BI, Tableau, KNIME, Python, Alteryx. (Note: In-office expectations section has been omitted as it does not directly relate to the job role),
