Accounting Technical Solutions Lead
Stripe•3h ago
United StatesOnsiteFull-timeSenior Level5+ yrs exp
H-1B sponsor
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- 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
- accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet
- 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 Accounting Team is responsible for understanding and telling Stripe’s financial story and shaping our collective understanding of how Stripe is performing as a business. Our primary focus is maintaining a well-controlled environment that effectively supports corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure requirements. We advise and enable Stripe to grow – supporting all products at Stripe, consulting on accounting implications and supporting teams’ ability to make informed strategic decisions. We operate in a fast-paced environment and collaborate significantly with cross-functional and international teams.
- What you’ll do
- Our Accounting team is seeking an innovative embedded technical resource to help us scale for the future, in a fast-paced environment that’s growing rapidly. You’ll leverage your accounting, artificial intelligence (AI)
- technical expertise to build intelligent solutions that enhance Stripe’s accounting capabilities. You’ll develop AI-powered tools and models, autonomous agents
- data products that automate complex workflows and provide actionable insights within a framework of financial reporting control. Working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, accounting
- product development, you'll collaborate with engineering and finance teams to deploy cutting-edge AI applications that scale with Stripe's growth and support our mission of increasing the GDP of the internet.
- Responsibilities
- Apply your accounting and finance domain expertise to identify, explore, and prototype high-impact opportunities where AI can solve complex accounting challenges
- Build using AI-powered tools and artificial intelligence solutions to automate accounting workflows, enhance controllership, and scale our operations
- Design and deploy autonomous AI agents using frameworks that can reason, plan
- execute complex multi-step problems and enhance decision-making processes through understanding risk and maintaining effective financial reporting controls.
- Ship and maintain interactive data products and self-service analytics tools using SQL and Python frameworks (data visualization and dashboards, low-code application building frameworks) that provide real-time insights and actionable intelligence
- Work across Accounting and partner teams to uncover efficiency opportunities, including AI use cases, document requirements, and translate complex financial workflows into well controlled technical solutions
- Partner with Accounting and SOX teams to assess and develop an effective internal controls approach to AI-based accounting solutions
- 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
- 10+ years of relevant experience, with at least 4+ years of experience in accounting related or adjacent roles (e.g. finance systems, process improvement)
- B.A. or B.S degree in Accounting, Finance, Finance Systems or Information Systems
- Fluency in U.S. GAAP
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, including writing complex queries, using CTEs (common table expressions), window functions, and joins for data analysis and pipeline logic
- Familiarity with modern data tools (Python, Databricks, ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines) and coding with AI assistance
- Comprehensive understanding of AI fundamentals and experience with emerging AI/LLM tools, conversational interfaces, prompt engineering, or automation platforms and RPA
- Solution and results-oriented, with a focus on delivering impact in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey financial concepts to both financial and non-financial audiences
- Experience with internal controls (design, implementation and execution)
- Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with the payments industry and fintech landscape
Required skills
PythonDatabricksLLM