We are hiring a Staff Accountant who will be a member of the Finance team and will be hands-on in the company's month-end activities and daily accounting operations. This role will be critical in the day-to-day general ledger related activities with a focus on treasury, accruals, and related month-end close process.
What You'll Be Doing
- Perform daily activities related to the day-to-day cash operations, including Intercompany settlements
- Perform general ledger functions including cash reconciliation, fixed assets, various accruals, and reconciliations between various systems
- Execute monthly accounting close activities, including preparing journal entries and account reconciliations
- Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and account flux analysis specific to your areas
- Partner with the Treasury, Payroll, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable teams to ensure fund transfers and payments are recorded properly
- Assist and ensure accounting systems scaling and ensuring all systems are being used to their full functionality
- Support SEC team with preparation of schedules along with other analysis as needed.
- Assist management on audit request and responses to inquiries from internal and external auditors
- Work on ad-hoc with the Accounting Manager and Assistant Controller on an as needed basis
You Should Have
- BS or BA in Accounting or related field
- 2-5 years of combined operational and technical accounting experience in the software industry
- CPA preferred
- Strong experience and knowledge in US GAAP and SOX internal controls
- Experience with Oracle Fusion/Blackline a plus
- Excellent organizational and verbal / written communication skills
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment, solve complicated problems, motivated to implement improvements, to inspire change while staying within the company’s culture being collaborative and inclusive
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 450 insurers, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of add-ons that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
Guidewire Software Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
