Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 8 years with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
- 5 years of experience in operational revenue accounting and reporting.
Preferred qualifications:
- Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g., CPA, ACA, CA) or equivalent.
- Knowledge in US GAAP accounting principles with a focus on ASC 606 for professional services offerings.
- Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to adapt and lead in a fast-changing, cross-functional environment.
About The Job
Google accountants are a savvy bunch who handle the core accounting responsibilities at Google. You know your accounting principles and the full accounting process end to end. You'll advise on financial reports required by governmental regulations, and review, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports. Every day is a new challenge, and you're continually looking for ways to help our team become more efficient and effective. A team player at heart, you collaborate with our global team, advocate best practices and pitch in where needed. You move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support business objectives.The team is responsible for managing the core accounting and compliance responsibilities at Google while working with business and finance partners to continue enabling growth.In this role, you will ensure that processes and systems are aligned and that a culture of continuous process improvement exists. You will be an integral part of the financial reporting process and have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams. You will be part of the Cloud Controllership team and will coordinate across all finance areas on financial reporting matters.The name Google came from "googol," a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.
Responsibilities
- Drive business growth through proactive risks management, innovative accounting solutions, and scalable processes.
- Esure accurate and timely business growth reporting, including the external disclosures of remaining performance obligations under ASC 606.
- Develop and maintain knowledge over Google products and order-to-cash to create solutions to enable streamlined accounting operations and reporting processes for existing and new product launches. Identify and leverage technology to automate and innovate business growth accounting operations and reporting processes.
- Identify and mitigate risks through knowledge of Google Cloud products and Order-to-Cash systems and cross-functional engagement.
- Document the business growth accounting operations and reporting processes to design, implement, and monitor controls over financial reporting.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .
