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.
- Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently to collaborate with colleagues and complete tasks and projects.
- MBA or Master's degree in Science, or a related field.
- Experience managing project planning, status reporting, timeline estimation, issue tracking, meeting facilitation, and project documentation.
- Experience in spread sheet and other spreadsheet technology.
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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
- Identify and mitigate financial risks associated with new changes to existing processes.
- Provide financial records and supporting documentation to auditors, and assist with the development of process cycle memorandums and procedural walk-throughs.
- Use data to extract meaningful insights and monitor the performance of different areas of a business.
- Be accountable for accuracy, timeliness, effectiveness and efficiency of all accounting and finance control related processes in Japan.
- Represent Accounting and Finance with our business partners through effective communication with in-country Business Managers, Technical Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Internal Audit and Business finance etc.