Senior Accountant

Summary

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 purchase requisition/invoice review, prepaids, lease accounting, accruals, allocations and related month-end close process.

Job Description

What You'Ll Be Doing

• Perform daily activities related to the review and approval of purchase requisitions and invoices
• Perform general ledger functions including amortization for prepaids, leases, intangibles, 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 facilities and technical accounting team on managing lease in Costar and record lease entries accordance with ASC 842
• 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 with the Accounting Manager and Assistant Controller on an as needed basis
• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

You Should Have

• BS or BA in Accounting or related field preferred
• 4+ years of progressive general ledger accounting experience in a corporate/ public accounting environment, preferably in software industry
• the software industry, preferablyCPA preferred
• Strong experience and knowledge in US GAAP and SOX internal controls
• Experience with Oracle Fusion/Blackline/Coupa/Costar a plus
• Excellent verbal / written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently, cross functionally and as part of a team
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• 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

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 540+ insurers in 40 countries, 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 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.