Senior Accountant

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
• 7 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 5 years with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in applying US GAAP standards to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance, familiarity with SEC reporting requirements and procedures.
• Experience in public accounting, including leading audits of financial statements for public companies.
• Ability to handle a varied and diverse workload, while ensuring accuracy, timeliness and attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze and interpret ASC 606 guidance to ensure accurate business reporting.
• Ability to adapt to changing responsibilities and priorities, in an ambiguous and evolving area of scope.

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.

Cloud and AI are at the core of Google's strategy. We are developing industry-leading cloud solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace, infused with the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence. If you are passionate about technology that pushes boundaries and makes a real-world impact, this is your chance to build the AI-powered future with us.

In this role, you will handle the core accounting and compliance responsibilities at Google. You will know the accounting principles and the full financial process end to end. You will advise on financial and accounting matters and will review, analyze, and interpret data for accounting and reporting - Every day is a new tests, and you will be looking for ways to help our team get better at what we do, you will collaborate with our global team, share best practices and pitch in when needed. You will be keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support Google's business objectives.

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.

• Lead the month-end and quarter-end close processes for Cloud Controllership, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of business and expenses to key stakeholders.
• Drive the successful completion of legal entity audits through project management of audit timelines and deadlines, providing regular and timely updates to management, presenting insightful reports to leadership, and collaborating across multiple cross-functional teams and with external auditors.
• Create detailed documentation for all processes and tasks with the expectation of keeping these up-to-date with an fluid environment.
• Design and implement solutions that can scale, elevating steady-state manual processes to a semi-automated or automated scalable solution.
• Understand the existing control environment with the ability to further identify risks and communicate and execute opportunities for improvements.