Revenue Accounting Analyst

Summary

Our Revenue Team plays an integral role with regard to Guidewire’s current operations, our growth objectives, and the broader finance organization. The Revenue team has an important seat at the table with the CEO, CFO and the Sales leadership team as it relates to deals, new products, licensing, and business model expansion.
We operate in 17 countries today with plans to drive our growth through organic initiatives as well as acquisitions and partnerships. As our company expands the business to provide new cloud based solutions, our revenue team will also be evolving. The Revenue Team receives a lot of exposure with opportunities to influence the long term direction of the company including how we license and sell our software, consulting, and cloud services.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross functional teams (Deal Desk, Legal, Sale and Sale Operation, FP&A and other Finance teams) for deal review during contract negotiations and monthly close tasks

• Assist the team (Sr Analyst and Manager) in reviewing contracts and identifying non-standard terms

• Review contracts to ensure compliance with company guidelines and revenue recognition accounting standards

• Assist in maintaining and updating internal documentation for revenue policies, procedures, controls and SOX compliance

• Prepare SSP schedules to support monthly reviews, quarterly audit and external reporting processes

• Prepare schedules to support for close activities and audit requirements, and external reporting processes

• Provide input for on-going development and improvement on systems and operation processes

• Collaborate with FP&A to analyze forecast versus actual revenue, stay on top of deferred revenue schedules

• Assist with ad hoc reporting 

• 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.

 

 Qualifications and Skills

• 2+ years of revenue accounting and operations experience with an Accounting degree required

• Solid planning and prioritization skills. Demonstrates high energy with the ability to remain flexible and change priorities in a challenging and fast-paced environment

• Proven ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and often ambiguous work environment

• Proven ability to independently take ownership and manage assigned tasks

• Strong oral and written communication skills and customer service skills is required, as well as eagerness to learn and take on challenges in a rapidly growing and dynamic environment 

• Must be a team player and self-starter

• Intermediate/advanced Excel skills required

• Detail oriented with analytical and problem-solving skills

• Systems experience or desire to learn new systems (Oracle ERP and Salesforce)

• 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.

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.