Senior Accountant

Guidewire Software

43d•$94,000 - $174,000

About The Position

We are hiring a Senior 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 compensation and payroll accounting, benefits, employee related costs, accruals, allocations and month-end related close process.

Requirements

BS or BA in Accounting or related field
5+ years of progressive general ledger accounting experience in a corporate/ public accounting environment, preferably in software industry
Strong experience and knowledge in US GAAP and SOX internal controls
Excellent verbal / written communication skills
Strong analytical, organizational, and attention to detail skills
Ability to work independently, cross functionally and as part of a team
Advanced MS Excel skills

Nice To Haves

CPA preferred
Experience with Oracle Fusion/Blackline/Coupa a plus
Familiarity or interest in leveraging AI tools or technologies in accounting workflows is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
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

Responsibilities

Own end-to end accounting for compensation related costs, including preparation of recurring payroll journal entries, benefits accruals, stock compensation, and other employee related entries
Execute monthly accounting close activities, including preparing journal entries and account reconciliations; investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely basis
Perform monthly open PO accruals, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of expenses; partner with business owners as needed
Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and account flux analysis specific to your areas
Review and approve Staff Accountant’s work papers, account reconciliations and journal entries
Collaborate closely with payroll and benefits teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of data used for accounting entries
Partner with international third party accountants to reconcile corporate books (US GAAP) to local statutory books, including preparing adjusting entries as needed
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 projects on an as needed basis