Finance Operations Intern

GitGuardian is a global cybersecurity scale-up. The company is based in Paris, with 160 team members between France and the USA.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Solomon Hykes, Docker's co-founder. American and European top-tier VC firms have also invested in GitGuardian.

GitGuardian helps companies protect their sensitive information, like passwords and API keys, from being accidentally exposed in their code. Imagine a developer building a mobile app for a bank. To connect the app to the bank’s servers, they use an API key—like a secret passcode. But if they accidentally leave that key inside the code and it gets shared online, hackers could find it, access the bank’s client database, and even execute wire transfers. GitGuardian works like a security alarm—it scans code, spots these leaked secrets, and alerts the team so they can fix them before it’s too late.

This might sound like an obvious mistake no one would make, but we recently found 254,000 leaked secrets inside the code of just one Fortune 100 client! Our solutions are already used by more than 600K developers worldwide.

GitGuardian’s Finance team drives strategic growth by ensuring financial stability, operational efficiency, and insightful decision-making. Through close collaboration with the Go-to-Market, R&D, and G&A teams, we manage complex financial challenges, optimize processes, and support business objectives.

In recent years, our team has achieved significant milestones: modernizing financial reporting systems, strengthening internal controls, and supporting key strategic initiatives.

We are looking for an eager-to-learn and motivated Finance Operations Intern who aims to combine strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a pragmatic, business-oriented mindset. In this role, you will report directly to your manager, Andrea, Accounting Manager. You will also work closely with the Head of FP&A, Thomas, and on certain topics, with the Finance Director, Yohann.
While your main focus will be supporting the Accounting Manager, the split between Accounting and FP&A work will flex depending on the team's needs at any given time.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Accounting & Operational tasks

Ensure the accuracy of financial records

• Assist the Quote-to-Cash process by supporting deal registration, updating customer billing schedules, and facilitating revenue reconciliation to ensure alignment from contract to collection.

• Support the Purchase-to-Pay process by processing supplier invoices, tracking payments, and helping maintain accurate purchasing records to improve cash-out forecasting.

• Actively participate in the month-end close, handling specific reconciliations and ensuring the correct analytical mapping of transactions.

Financial Planning & Analysis

Translate data into financial insights, guiding strategic decisions and future growth.

• Contribute to monthly financial reporting by not just compiling data, but also by applying a critical perspective to identify and question inconsistencies, ensuring our performance metrics are insightful.

• Assist in the budget and forecast cycles by helping to prepare data and financial models, ensuring our plans are grounded in real-world business context.

• Partner with the FP&A team on cross-functional operational topics such as sales commissions tracking and vendor database monitoring, contributing to reliable cost control and cash-out forecasting.

Systems Readiness

Adapt to new technologies and business needs.

• Gain exposure to our finance transformation by participating in projects to improve our systems, including the implementation of new tools, AI solutions, and automated workflows.

Here's what we consider essential for success in this role:

• Currently studying for a Master's degree (Bac +4/5 or equivalent) in Finance, Audit, or Management Control.

• Speaking French fluently, to address french accounting operations.

• Comfortable communicating in English (written and spoken).

• Practical knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets; interest in automation and digital tools.

• Analytical, proactive, and keen to take ownership of tasks.

• A strong interest in finance and the startup ecosystem, as this internship sits at the intersection of both fields.

The following skills would strengthen your application but aren't required:

• Previous internship or experience in finance or a start-up/SaaS environment is a plus, but not mandatory.

1. Initial screening call with Andrea (Accounting Manager)

Get to know each other and explore your professional aspirations to assess whether this opportunity aligns with your goals and our needs.

2. In-depth interview with your future mentors: Thomas (Head of FP&A) and Andrea (Accounting Manager)

Objectives:

• Dive deeper into your background, experience, and achievements

• Introduce you to the team and our working environment

• Assess your skills and fit for the role

• Help you envision yourself in the position

You'll also be asked to prepare a very short case study at home and present your approach to the team.

3. Interview with the Finance Director

To gain insight into GitGuardian's strategic direction and our ambitious plans for the coming years, while discussing how this role contributes to our overall vision.

• 🍜 Lunch voucher (Swile) - 12€

• 🌴 1 day off per month (that you can cumulate)

• 🎡 Team building: monthly budget dedicated to each employee that you can spend as you wish, with colleagues (latest examples to date: Michelin star restaurant, karaoke, stand-up show, kitesurfing week-end, ...)

• 🤝 Referral bonus of 4000€ for any new Guardian we might hire thanks to you

And also...

• 🏡 Remote policy: 4 days/week at the office

• 📈 Opportunities for career development in the long term

Products

• Understand how GitGuardian works in this short video!

• Want to go even further? Check out our public roadmap!

• Check out the State of Secrets Sprawl Report to understand our mission and the industry.

• Our solutions are already used by hundreds of thousands of developers in all industries and GitGuardian platform is the n°1 app on the GitHub marketplace 🔥

Clients

• GitGuardian helps organizations find exposed sensitive information that could often lead to tens of millions of dollars in potential damage.

• More than 70% of our customers are in the United States.

• Many F500 companies use GitGuardian's platform.

People

• Read former interns' testimonies!

• You will get trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication and a strong impact on the company development.

• The Guardians are knowledgeable, committed, serious, aligned with the company’s mission, and true team players: always willing to help each other grow our skill sets!

• The team is diverse and we hail from more than 20 different countries.

• We are also agile, remote-friendly, and fun people to work with.

At GitGuardian, we are committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce.

We will ask for your gender identity on the application page to help us understand the diversity of our applicant pool and to track our progress in attracting and hiring a diverse workforce. The information is optional and will not be disclosed to the hiring manager or the interview team and will not be considered in the hiring process. We appreciate your willingness to share this with us so that we can continue to improve our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.