Reporting and OPEX Accountant, Devices and Services Accounting Controllership
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 1 year with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
- Experience across big four public accounting as well as industry experience in an operational accounting role.
- Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional, changing environment and to drive operational initiatives.
- Excellent investigative skills, combined with business judgment.
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.
This team is consisting of experienced, creative, driven and savvy high-performers and the team manages the accounting for Google’s Devices and Services Product Area.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $106,000-$151,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Maintain accuracy, timeliness and efficiency of accounting processes, including agreement review, estimates and reserves, accounting policies and memos, month-end close activities and balance sheet reconciliations, etc.
- Execute all month-end close activities, leveraging a deep understanding of business drivers to own and develop complex flux and Forecast versus Actual (FvA) analysis.
- Partner across finance and the business to support new or ongoing business initiatives, improve process efficiencies/scalability for continued Operational Excellence (OpEx).
- Drive operational excellence by identifying/solving process gaps. Own COS allocation process, as well as review and provide flux commentaries for allocated Profit and Loss. Design/maintain effective internal control environments, and make regular recommendations on optimizing workflows.
- Facilitate analytic review, internal/external year-end audits and provide insights to drive effective decisions and compliance; support system launches and migrations, system design and testing.
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