Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
- 10 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 8 years with with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
- 8 years of experience in an accounting practice or public multinational high-tech companies.
- Experience with process improvements.
- Experience with ASC 606/IFRS 15 and application of business accounting standards in an enterprise software/tech industry setting.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP.
- Experience with SQL.
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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 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
- Partner with key business stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and global Cloud Controllership team to identify and align on industry, product, and business related trends that pose potential financial, operational to Google.
- Perform review of agreements during the discussion stage and provide accounting guidance in accordance with ASC 606/IFRS 15. Assist agreementteams in structuring agreement terms that meet business needs, and minimize any impact to financial reporting and finance operations processes.
- Complete accounting assessment of executed contacts in accordance with ASC 606/IFRS 15, documenting non-standard terms with accounting impact, and calculating any adjustments needed.
- Perform monthly and quarterly reporting on Cloud business agreements, as part of financial close procedures. Partner with Finance, Pricing, Accounting Operations, and other business groups to drive process improvements in the area of Cloud agreementreview.