Accounting Clerk

OVERVIEW

Guidepoint’s Finance team not only makes sure the bills get paid on time but provides the company with innovative solutions to optimizing and growing our collective ROI. The team manages and organizes financial planning, forecasting, spending, and accounting information to ensure Guidepoint operates smoothly.

Guidepoint is seeking a Senior Accountant to assist the finance team with the month-end close process, internal financial reporting, year-end audit deliverables, and tax deadlines are met in a timely fashion. This role will also assist on various ad hoc projects. This position directly reports to the Assistant Controller.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Responsible for ensuring advisor satisfaction by handling 1099-related questions
• Communicate professionally and timely with advisors
• Assist Senior Accountant with year-end 1099 reporting and maintaining W-9 files
• Ensure information is kept confidential and ensure confidence in the security of information
• Preparing and submitting 1099 forms
• Issuing corrections for 1099 forms
• Request ins W9 from advisors who have not completed the tax form
• Verifying W9 information is correct by uploading information to TIN verification software
• Updating advisor profile to correctly reflect W9 verified information

WHAT YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Finance, or equivalant
• 0 to 2 years work experience in research or operations or administration
• Interest in accounting
• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to perform functions, like V-lookup, pivot tables, and complex formulas
• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and able to think independently while handling a diverse workload and multiple deadlines
• Strong attention to accuracy and detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

WHAT WE HAVE:

• Competitive compensation
• Employee medical coverage
• Central office location
• Entrepreneurial environment, autonomy, and fast decisions
• Casual work environment

ABOUT GUIDEPOINT:

Guidepoint is a leading research enablement platform designed to advance understanding and empower our clients’ decision-making process. Powered by innovative technology, real-time data, and hard-to-source expertise, we help our clients to turn answers into action.

Backed by a network of nearly 1.5 million experts, and Guidepoint’s 1,300 employees worldwide we inform leading organizations’ research by delivering on-demand intelligence and research on request. With Guidepoint, companies and investors can better navigate the abundance of information available today, making it both more useful and more powerful.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, advisors, and client base, which allows us to create connections that offer a wealth of perspectives. We are committed to upholding policies that contribute to an equitable and welcoming environment for our community, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

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