Accounting Manager (France)

GitGuardian is a global post-series B cybersecurity startup; we’ve raised $44M by the end of 2021 with American and European investors including top-tier VC firms.

More than ever in 2023, we have a very solid business model with a fast-growing ARR, multi-year contracts and great customer retention rates.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Docker co-founder / CTO Solomon Hykes 👀

We develop code security solutions for the DevOps generation and are a leader in the market of secrets detection & remediation.

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

We work with some of the largest IT outsourcing companies, publicly listed companies like Talend or tech companies like Datadog.

More than 85% of our customers are in the United States.

You will be in charge of supporting and monitoring the day-to-day accounting activities of GitGuardian while supervising the internalization of the accounting during a transition period.

Context: We are looking for a passionate Accounting Manager (France) to help us structure the growth of our Finance Department. You will work in close collaboration with all the teams of the company and will report directly to our Head of Finance.

The existing team: Florian, FinOps Manager Yohann, Head of Finance

Missions: (before accounting internalization)

• Control, monitor, reconcile all suppliers flows and expense reports through Spendesk platform

• Prepare, control, reconcile all vendors flow through Xero platform

• Execute weekly payments batch

• Monitor assets management with our Office & IT Admins.

• Handle and finalize monthly accounting closings with our external accountant

• Handle intercompany invoices and processes

• Participate in updating/improving our internal processes and communications

• Select and implement the best accounting software to automate our processes, gain visibility and support our growth.

Missions on top of the ones listed above: (after accounting internalization)

• Handle all day-to-day accounting entries (suppliers, vendors, banks, etc.)

• During monthly accounting closings :

  • Handle situation/inventory entries such as Payroll, Accruals, Deferrals, D&A, VAT, etc.

  • Prepare and finalize accounting reports : P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash-flow statements

• Control of payroll and justification of social debts

• Control of tax returns (VAT, DES, CVAE, CFE, DAS2, CIT)

• Participate in the preparation of annual closing documents and their audit

• Participate in business subjects with accounting and tax implications

Why should you join us ?

• 🌴 A remote-friendly environment up to 3 days / week for people living close to Paris, and have a full-remote policy for people living outside

• 💸 An attractive package that includes stock-options

• 🏄A yearly holiday allowance

• 💻A home office allowance to improve your set-up at home, and the latest technology equipment

• 💰A referral bonus of 4k€ for any new Guardians we might hire thanks to you

• 👊 Working on a meaningful product, we already helped more than 200k developers!

• 🍺 Lots of team-building activities including 1 per month for the whole company

• 🚀 Many opportunities for career development in the long term

• 📈 A strong engineering culture, see this page to discover our R&D projects

• 🐕 Pet-friendly offices, every Guardian gets to bring their dogs

• 👫 Trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication

If you think you are only matching 70% to 80% of these criterias, please send us your resume !
And if you still have some questions before applying, you can directly write to us at :
careers@gitguardian.com

• You have a Master’s degree in accounting or a DSCG, and at least 3 years of experience in a similar position
• You have a strong ability to adapt, especially in terms of accounting software
• You are rigorous, organized and you know how to show discretion
• You like challenges, working in a team and evolving in a fast growing environment
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Ideally, you have already worked in a start-up company
• In-depth knowledge of French and international taxation is a real plus

1 Visio call with a recruiter
To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match

1 Interview with your future manager
To know more about yourself, present to you the team : missions, rituals, seniority level, and making sure you would be able to succeed in the following steps of the recruitment process

1 Business case with a member of the finance team
To evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role

1 Final interview with the COO
To explain to you our company’s vision and ambitions to the next couple of years, and make sure you are up for the position