M&A/Integration Accounting Lead

Stripe•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Stripe is seeking an M&A/Integration Accounting Lead to spearhead the accounting integration strategy and execution for cross-functional initiatives. This role involves leading complex integration projects, ensuring alignment with accounting policies, managing business combination accounting (including technical valuations), and acting as the primary accounting advisor for Stripe’s strategic investment portfolio. The successful candidate will be instrumental in integrating acquired entities into Stripe's systems and processes, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and enhancing financial close and reporting programs.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant public accounting and/or industry experience
Relevant M&A integration experience
B.A. or B.S degree in Accounting or Finance
Fluency in U.S. GAAP and ability to research complex accounting issues
Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey financial concepts to both financial and non-financial audiences
Strong analytical skills and experience working with large data sets
Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
Experience with internal controls (design, implementation and execution)
Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously

Nice To Haves

CPA strongly preferred
CPA or similar qualification
Experience at a public company
Payments or Tech industry experience

Responsibilities

Serve as a controllership/oversight function over subsidiaries until they are integrated into the broader Stripe teams/systems.
Partner with Corporate Development, Tax, Corporate Legal, Finance & Strategy, and external service providers for diligence and integration.
Communicate and influence unintegrated teams to align with Stripe policies, procedures, and norms.
Be the directly responsible individual ensuring timely and accurate reporting of unintegrated subsidiaries/businesses, and strategic investments.
Shape the evolution of our financial close and reporting programs by implementing leading practices, efficiency opportunities, and internal controls.
Own program management of finance integration workstreams end-to-end. Build the plan, sequence dependencies, track functional commitments, surface risks early, and drive decisions to closure.
Scope and lead complex, cross functional projects and process improvements spanning multiple teams to find long term and scalable solutions which effectively integrate into Stripe’s systems and processes.
Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and analytical reviews, producing internal management reporting and external audit support.
Research, prepare, and review technical accounting analyses.
Use Stripe-approved AI tools (and create your own) to accelerate and improve your work. This is an immediate expectation, not an aspiration.