Financial Services Transfer Pricing Strategist

Stripe • Chicago, IL

13h

About The Position

Stripe’s Tax Transfer Pricing team designs, implements, and defends intercompany pricing policies that support Stripe’s global operating model. As Stripe’s products and international footprint expand, the team’s policies and documentation must adapt to more complex affiliate transactions, including arrangements with characteristics common to financial services and arrangements supporting stablecoin-related activities. The role develops practical, scalable transfer pricing policies, addresses relevant tax and regulatory considerations, and provides subject matter expertise in audit defense and dispute resolution.

The strategist is a hands-on, collaborative team member responsible for developing and implementing compliant, practical transfer pricing policies and processes for transactions between Stripe legal entities. The role works across the organization and explains complex transfer pricing concepts clearly to non-tax audiences. It partners with Finance, product and business leaders, Legal, and Tax to support current and future operating structures and product offerings, maintain models and documentation, and address audits and disputes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, economics, business, law, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of global transfer pricing laws and regulations.
• Experience with international tax planning for a multinational and in financial services, banking, fintech, payments, or another regulated industry.
• Experience managing transfer pricing documentation and compliance.
• Practical experience with transfer pricing dispute resolution, including audits, advance pricing agreement negotiations, and competent authority negotiations.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and implementing intercompany agreements.
• Knowledge of financial accounting concepts, including accounting for intercompany transactions.
• Professional experience with Excel, Oracle, and Smart View, and comfort working with and investigating data from multiple sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building capabilities across functional areas and cultures; curiosity, empathy, and humility.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree or professional qualification in tax, accounting, economics, or law, such as CPA, JD, or LLM.
• Experience working in a high-growth, rapidly scaling environment.
• Working knowledge of Regulation W, Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, or comparable affiliate transaction requirements, including pricing, documentation, governance, or monitoring considerations.
• Practical understanding of how regulatory requirements affect operating models and affiliate arrangements.
• Experience with stablecoins, digital assets, wallets, on-chain financial infrastructure, payments, or treasury products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams within and outside Finance to develop, execute, and maintain transfer pricing policies for Stripe’s current and future operating structure and product offerings.
• Analyze financial information; design, prepare, and review detailed calculations; assist with legal entity forecasts; and support the tax provision process.
• Address transfer pricing impacts of restructurings, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives, and ensure operating models remain fit for purpose as global tax, transfer pricing, and other applicable regulatory frameworks evolve.
• Build relationships with product and business leaders to understand organizational structures and activities, and adapt transfer pricing policies as needed.
• Assist Finance, Legal, and Tax teams with government and regulatory audits, and support tax audits, advance pricing agreements, and competent authority proceedings.
• Prepare and maintain transfer pricing documentation and compliance in accordance with OECD guidelines and local tax and regulatory requirements across assigned jurisdictions.
• Build or simplify transfer pricing models for clarity, efficiency, and ease of use.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior