Business Systems Architect (Tax)

Business Systems Architect (Tax)

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. This role designs, implements, and maintains financial systems supporting Stripe's Tax team.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Tax stakeholders to design and implement features in Oracle Cloud Applications, including Financials, TRCS, and Fusion Tax, Stripe's homegrown tax solutions, and other tools.
• Identify tax process automation opportunities, support transformation initiatives, implement SOX controls, and maintain financial applications.
• Lead finance systems projects and strategic initiatives focused on direct and indirect taxes, from requirements gathering and tool selection through system design, implementation, user acceptance testing, training, go-live, and post-launch support.
• Serve as a technology liaison to Tax stakeholders, identify process improvements and efficiency opportunities, and create strategic technology roadmaps.
• Apply knowledge of sales tax, transfer pricing, and tax provisioning to develop and maintain tax systems and data flows.
• Design solutions and make architecture decisions using industry best practices to support future scale.
• Partner with Engineering product teams to deliver technical solutions that optimize financial workflows and integrate with Stripe's internal systems.
• Implement and maintain Fusion Tax and integrate it with Stripe's homegrown tax system for indirect tax determination.
• Own tax application configuration and maintenance, systems data protection and integrity, tax compliance, and SOX controls.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field, plus 8 years of experience building and maintaining tax systems. At least 5 years must be post-bachelor's progressive experience.
• 8 years of experience in each of the following:

- Building and implementing finance and compliance products at global scale.
- Tax systems including Sabrix, Vertex, Oracle EBTax, and Fusion Cloud Tax.
- Program or project management.
- Designing internal financial systems for indirect or direct tax needs.
- Reporting development using SQL, PL/SQL, or BI Publisher.
- Taxation methods including VAT, sales tax, or GST, and related global compliance and reporting needs.

Location and Schedule

• South San Francisco, California.
• 40 hours per week.
• 50% telecommuting permitted.
• Multiple positions available.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary: $274,456–$334,600.
• Applicable sales commission or sales bonus targets are additional to base salary.
• Additional benefits may include equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses, a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and wellness stipends.