Risk and Control Specialist - Chicago
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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:
- Master's in MBA or MSA, or equivalent practical experience.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- Experience in public audit and SOX.
- Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional, fast-paced environment and to drive complex operational initiatives.
- Excellent operational expertise, including systems, SOX, and accounting processes.
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.
You will lead an accounting process from other responsibilities including reconciling balance sheets and P&L accounts, and providing supplementary financial information for internal and external reports.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on some of Google’s most dynamic product areas - Google Play, the marketplace through which many of our users experience the best of Google and the Android ecosystem; and Google One, the subscription that gives you more storage across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.
Specifically, this role will, ensure that our internal controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively, project manage the annual Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) process for certain product areas, and sharing for creating controls documentation
You will be part of the larger Platforms and Ecosystems controllership team dedicated to manage financial risks across systems, data, compliance, product launches, finance operations, accounting and reporting. We partner with the business to drive finance alignment and support these dynamic and growing businesses.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $99,000-$145,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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.
Responsibilities
- Work with members of the team to design and maintain an effective and scalable internal control environment over financial records, including ensuring accuracy of financials.
- Identify areas of risk, interpret audit findings, draw problem-solving conclusions from audit data, promote recommendations on controls, and influence changes and decisions.
- Work with SOX and Project Management Organization groups, internal and external auditors to validate the accuracy and adequacy of controls in the order-to-report financial processes.
- Ensure risk assessment and control frameworks are in place, and running effectively and efficiently.
- Engage communicate with process owners (including engineering, non non-finance functions) on the importance of controls, an effective control environment, and SOX roles and responsibilities.
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