Finance operations intern

About GitGuardian

GitGuardian is a global post-Series B cybersecurity scale-up. The company is based in Paris with team members in France Europe and in the USA.

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

GitGuardian leads the way in Non-Human Identity security offering end-to-end solutions from secrets detection in code productivity tools and environments to strong remediation observability and proactive prevention of leaks. Our solutions are already used by more than 600K developers worldwide!

About your team and your mission

GitGuardians 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 this role you will work directly under the mentorship of our FP&A Manager Thomas the Accounting Manager Andrea and in some topics you will work closely with the Finance Director Yohann.

Your main responsibilities will be:

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 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.
• Conduct market research to enhance our benchmarking capabilities by gathering and synthesizing public data on competitors and the industry to provide actionable insights.

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.

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.

About you

If you think you match at least 70% of these criteria please apply!

Heres what we consider essential for success in this role:

• Currently studying for a Masters degree (Bac4/5 or equivalent) in Finance Audit or Management Control.
• Enjoys working with numbers organized and eager to take initiative.
• Practical knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets; interest in automation and digital tools.
• Comfortable communicating in English (written and spoken).
• Analytical proactive and keen to take ownership of tasks.

The following skills would strengthen your application but arent required:

• A previous internship in finance
• A previous experience in a start-up/SaaS environment

The interview process

1. Screening call with Thomas (FP&A Manager)

To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match.

2. Interview with your future mentors : Thomas (FP&A Manager) and Andrea (Accounting Manager)

To know more about yourself and your achievements present to you the team to evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role.

This interview would also include preparing a very light study case at home and presenting it to the team.

3. Interview with the Finance Director

To detail our companys vision and ambitions for the next couple of years.

Benefits

• Lunch voucher (Swile)
• 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...

• Hybrid remote policy: at least 3 days/week at the office
• Opportunities for career development in the long term

More about GitGuardian!

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 n1 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 GitGuardians 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 companys 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.