Business Systems Architect (Tax)

Stripe · South San Francisco, CA · Global Operations · listed August 20, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Principal
Experience asked
5–8 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$274,456 – $334,600
Requirements listed
6
Length
492 words

In the posting’s own words

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. CA36

What it asks for · 6

  • 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.

What the job covers

  • Partner with the Tax team stakeholders to design and implement features of our financial systems that include Oracle Cloud Applications (Financials, TRCS, Fusion Tax), Stripe homegrown Tax Solutions and many other tools.
  • Identify opportunities to automate Tax processes, work on transformation initiatives, implement SOX controls and maintain our financial Applications.
  • Lead Finance systems (primarily Tax area including but not limited to Direct and Indirect Taxes) projects and strategic initiatives - including implementation of new tools and business process changes - from requirements, tool selection, system design, implementation, UAT, training, go-live & post go-live support.
  • Serve as a technology liaison with Tax stakeholders to understand their pain points, opportunities for process improvements, automation & efficiency gains, create strategic roadmap and provide them with technology solutions.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex sales tax, transfer pricing and Tax provisioning concepts and effectively apply knowledge to develop and maintain tax systems and data flows.
  • Design solutions and make architecture decisions by benchmarking with industry best practices to help us scale for the future.
  • Partner with Engineering product teams to develop & deliver technical solutions to optimize financial workflow and integration with other Stripe internal systems.
  • Implement and maintain the Fusion Tax and Integrate with homegrown Tax system for Indirect Tax determination.
  • Own the Tax Applications Configure & Maintain Systems Data protection & integrity Tax Compliance & SOX controls.

Tools and skills named

Languages
  • SQL2×
Operations & finance
  • Project management
Product & design
  • Roadmap

Words the posting leans on

  • tax19×
  • systems10×
  • financial5×
  • maintain4×
  • solutions4×
  • applications3×
  • compliance3×
  • design3×
  • experience3×
  • finance3×
  • implement3×
  • indirect3×
  • tax systems3×
  • tools3×
  • building2×
  • cloud2×

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