Accounting Analyst Job in Bangalore at Stripe

Stripe is hiring for the role of Accounting Analyst!

Responsibilities of the Candidates:

• Perform month-end accounting processes to support rapid global growth
• Work in three main pillars financial close and analysis, audit and regulatory compliance and reporting
• Own the Statutory Financial Statement preparation, Audit, review and sign off and adoption of financial statements with the board of directors. 
• Work with Local service providers to ensure compliance and filing requirements are met timely and accurately. 
• Work with cross-functional partners like Tax, Treasury, Accounting and other groups to ensure that financial results of the legal entities remain compliant with US Gaap and Local Gaaps. 
• Perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including manual journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and analytical reviews, producing internal management reporting and external audit support
• Potential to perform month-end activities and grow into other task and process to take on further responsibilities
• Be responsible for end-to-end preparation of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare flux analysis and potential commentary and explanation on movements and trends
• Be responsible for performing transactional-based work and streamlining processes
• Be a self-starter and seek to standardize and centralize tasks 
• Own problems not just processes or projects - we want our specialists to own the full problem space and do what it takes to solve them
• Partner with multiple cross-functional stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop and improve controllership processes and to anticipate changing business requirements
• Scale our financial processes through automation and standardization 

Requirements:

• An accountancy qualification (e.g CA, 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, and exposure to accounting systems.
• Experience in month-end reporting and analytics
• 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.
• Knowledge of data modeling or experience in any analytics tool will be an added advantage.
• 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