Processing Cost Accountant

Bangalore

Processing Cost Analyst

Who we are

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

The Stripe Product Accounting Team is responsible for supporting all products at Stripe, consulting on accounting implications and supporting teams' ability to make informed strategic decisions. We're responsible for the accurate and timely recording of all business-generated transactions on our balance sheet and income statement. We operate in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with cross-functional and international teams.

What you'll do

Stripe is seeking an experienced accountant to join its world-class accounting team and help us scale for the future in a fast-paced environment that is growing rapidly. In this role, you'll support our Payments and Payment Products revenue accounting, leveraging your technical expertise with US GAAP, specifically ASC 606, to quickly identify accounting implications and impacts on customers while advising and collaborating with team members cross-functionally to develop operational processes that help us scale.

Responsibilities

Build scalable accounting processes to support global growth in payment processing accounting

Partner with our product, go-to-market, and finance partners to 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

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

An accountancy qualification (e.g., CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 2–3 years of relevant accounting experience

A degree in Accounting or Finance

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

Ability to bring structure to ambiguous situations and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment

Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of Excel

A hands-on mentality

A passion for creating new systems and solving problems via infrastructure and automation

Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and across different cultures

Demonstrated experience with internal controls

Flexibility and comfort 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, Tableau, KNIME, Python, and Alteryx