Legal Entity Controller

Legal Entity Controller (Bangalore)

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.

To further this important mission, we're building our Accounting team in Bangalore Finance and are looking for someone to help us scale for the future in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end controllership for assigned legal entity(ies), including financial close, statutory reporting, audit readiness, regulatory filings, and adoption with the board or local management
• Preparation and sign-off of statutory financial statements and coordination of statutory adoption processes with local boards and directors and external advisors
• Manage external auditors and local service providers, setting scope, driving timelines, resolving findings, and maintaining high-quality documentation for audits, reviews, and regulatory inspections
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, leading complex journal entries, reconciliations, technical accounting assessments, variance analysis, and executive reporting packages
• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of entity-level accounting policies and internal control frameworks, and own SOX and internal control compliance and remediation where applicable
• Serve as the primary business partner to Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional finance teams on transactions and policy changes that affect the entity's accounting, tax, and regulatory outcomes
• Identify, prioritize, and deliver process improvements and automation initiatives that materially increase accuracy, speed, or scalability of entity accounting (RPA, ERP configuration, reporting pipelines, templates, or tooling)
• Resolve technical accounting questions and apply US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP judgment — escalate to central technical accounting teams when needed with well-formed recommendations
• Provide coaching and mentorship to more junior accounting teammates, and lead cross-functional projects and working groups to improve operating models
• Act as a subject-matter expert for entity-level reporting requests, internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and management escalations

Qualifications

• Professional accountancy qualification (CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with 9+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant controllership exposure
• Deep hands-on experience with monthly and year-end close, statutory financial statement preparation, external audits, regulatory filings, and variance analysis
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, and experience applying local GAAP and converging treatments across frameworks
• Demonstrated experience owning internal control programs (SOX or similar) and executing control design and remediation
• Track record of delivering automation or process simplification at the entity level (ERP, reconciliation tooling, reporting pipeline improvements)
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills, advanced Excel ability, and experience with financial systems (e.g., Oracle, Workiva, Blackline, or similar). Familiarity with SQL and BI tools or scripting is a plus.
• Excellent stakeholder management — ability to partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional teams to drive timely, risk-mitigated outcomes
• High integrity, sound professional judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to operate under tight deadlines
• Experience leading or mentoring junior finance professionals and managing external advisors or service providers

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of (or experience in) the technology or payments industry
• Oracle suite
• Hubble and SQL

The Legal Entity Controller will manage end-to-end accounting and reporting for assigned entities, including financial close, statutory statements, audits, filings, and internal controls. The role also partners across finance and legal functions, resolves accounting questions, and advances entity-level process improvements and automation.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Manage close, accounting entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting for assigned legal entities.
• Prepare and sign off statutory financial statements and coordinate adoption with local boards, directors, and external advisors.
• Coordinate audits, reviews, regulatory filings, and inspections with external auditors and local service providers.
• Establish and maintain entity accounting policies and internal control frameworks, including SOX compliance and remediation where applicable.
• Apply US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP to technical accounting matters, escalating complex questions with recommendations when needed.
• Partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional finance teams on transactions and policy changes affecting accounting, tax, and regulatory outcomes.
• Deliver process improvements and automation across entity accounting, such as ERP configuration, reconciliations, reporting pipelines, templates, or tooling.
• Mentor junior accounting colleagues and lead cross-functional projects and working groups to improve operating models.

Good fit signals

• Brings a professional accountancy qualification and at least 9 years of progressive accounting experience, including substantial controllership exposure.
• Has hands-on experience across close, statutory reporting, external audits, regulatory filings, and variance analysis.
• Can apply US GAAP and IFRS alongside local GAAP, and has owned internal control design, execution, or remediation.
• Has improved entity-level accounting processes through automation or simplification; Oracle, Workiva, BlackLine, or similar financial systems are relevant examples.
• Can partner effectively with finance, tax, treasury, legal, auditors, and service providers, while coaching junior colleagues and meeting tight deadlines.