Sr Accounting Contractor

Job Description

Why Gainsight?

At Gainsight, our mission is to be living proof you can win in business while being human first. Our values — Golden Rule, Success for All, Child-like Joy, Shoshin, and Staying Thirsty — guides us towards that mission.

Gainsight is the leader in customer success and product experience software. The Gainsight Customer Cloud offers everything your business needs to retain customers and drive growth in the age of the customer. As the first cloud of its kind, Gainsight brings together the required technologies to deliver a superior post-sale experience, ensuring customers easily adopt products they’ve purchased and achieve their desired business outcomes in partnership with their vendor. Gainsight joined the Vista Equity Partners portfolio in 2020.

Leading companies such as LinkedIn, Adobe, Tableau, Splunk, and Box choose Gainsight culminating in our recognition as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world by Forbes, one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine, and as one of 20 Great Workplaces in Tech by Fortune Magazine. Gainsight’s CEO, Nick Mehta, has been recognized as one of the Top SaaS CEOs in America and EY’s Entrepreneur of The Year. The company has offices in California, Phoenix, St. Louis, London, and India. Gainsight is a remote-friendly workplace. Gainsight was recognized as one of the Best Work-From-Home companies in 2021.

With diversity and inclusion at the forefront of Gainsight’s core values, we promote a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness regardless of, but not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age. By joining the Gainsight team, you’ll be playing a significant role in our growth, having an opportunity to put your fingerprints on our next phase of scale and customer impact, giving you the opportunity to apply and grow your expertise.

What You’ll Do Here

• Assist with evolving/integration projects and process automation (i.e. data migration to Gainsight NetSuite).
• Assist with sales tax audit.
• Assist with sales tax filings and sales tax reconciliation.
• Assist with cash application and credit memos, as needed.
• Assist with close (including reconciliations, flux), as assigned.
• Assist with intercompany accounting, as needed.
• Assist with other ad-hoc projects, as assigned.
• Assist with end-to-end billing cycle for Northpass subsidiary including:
• timely invoicing of all subscriptions and MALs via NetSuite
• liaise with Sales Team on amendment requests, process credits & rebills
• manage AR inbox, assist clients with billing and credit card transaction issues
• revenue flux analysis and deferred reconciliation.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting/Finance with 6+ years of experience, CPA is a plus.
• Strong preference for candidates who have a combination of Big 4 public audit and industry experience.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and recent accounting trends.
• Knowledge or background with SaaS business model preferred.
• Good understanding of accounting for foreign exchange
• Strong analytical skills and effective decision-making skills.
• Maintain an unquestioned level of integrity, confidentiality and quality.
• Skilled at working in a collaborative and fast-moving environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work closely with other departments and with staff at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organization and time management skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with NetSuite required. NetSuite implementation experience desired.
• Experience with Avalara required.

Job Benefits

At Gainsight, our mission is to be living proof you can win in business while being human first.

Your job should never be a barrier to your happiness—it should be an avenue to achieve it. At Gainsight, we’re passionate about achieving our goals—at the office and everywhere—and we work every day to create an environment that nurtures our best selves.

Here are our 5 core values

• Golden Rule: We try to practice the Golden Rule by exercising reliability, trust and giving back to each other and our community.
• Success for All: We believe in success for our stakeholders—whether our teammates, clients or shareholders—comes with a sincere focus on continuous learning, selfless teaching and making a difference in each other’s lives.
• Child-like Joy: We aspire to experience child-like joy in our work and lives, injecting a spirit of passion, optimism and laughter into everything that we do.
• Shoshin: We believe in a beginner’s mind. Don’t surround yourself with people like you--diversity breeds creativity.
• Stay Thirsty, My Friends: We believe in a totally internally-driven strive for greatness. The solution is to think more, not do more.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Our Attitude: We’ve created a new category from scratch and we continue to be the thought leader in Customer Success.
• Our Leadership: We offer the leading tech solution for driving Customer Success.
• Our ROI: Reduce customer churn, increase up-sell, and improve customer satisfaction.
• Our Technology: Our technology allows companies to drive retention and growth by delivering the value customers demand.
• Our Impact: In addition to helping companies grow, we’ve committed to $100 million in wage expansion for underrepresented groups over the next few years.
• Our Clients: Big companies like Box, Adobe, Marketo, and many others.
• Our Team: Our team is composed of innovative Customer Success thought leaders and experts in their field from various industries.

Gainsight is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job Description Summary

Senior Accountant