Manager - Legal Entity Controller

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 Bangalore Finance (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
Bangalore Finance. The International Accounting Manager for the Controllership
function will supervise and evaluate a number of Legal entity controllership
processes 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, statistical reporting, compliances, coordinating with board
to adopt and approve financial statements, 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 that drives International Accounting
Controllership function based out of Bangalore Finance. 
* 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, establish measures of
success, set benchmarks and improve timelines and efficiencies to support
global growth
* Partner with Billing, Internal Systems, Treasury, Tax and/or Legal to
investigate issues that arise during reporting cycles
* Define and execute efficient internal control documentation and sign-off
procedures including the country prescribed regulatory frameworks (ICFR, SOX,
GFS etc)
* 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.
* 12 - 15 + 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.Com & M.Com in Accounting or Finance (Chartered Accountant / CPA strongly
preferred)
* Strong understanding and hands on experience working 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