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'll lead an accounting process from end-to-end. Other responsibilities include reconciling balance sheets and P&L accounts, and providing supplementary financial information for internal and external reports.
The Acquire to Retire (A2R) team manages the global accounting for Google’s entire Capital Expenditure (CapEx) portfolio, manufacturing operations, and related Operational Expenditure (OpEx).
As a Senior Analyst, you will find innovative ways to deliver controllership excellence in partnership with our Technical Infrastructure (TI) and Finance teams. You will build a comprehensive understanding of the fleet of machines and other TI associated spend, and use this to enhance and streamline reporting in the space in collaboration with our business partners. In addition, you will also use your expertise to identify potential risks and opportunities on the horizon for finance and the TI business.
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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $128000 - $188000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Own Controllership reporting on machine deployments, depreciation, useful life, utilization, state of the fleet and other TI related spend areas.
- Provide commentary for flux analysis on a monthly and quarterly basis, partnering with the business and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to assess the impact of business drivers.
- Prepare and present financial information to different audiences, including finance leadership and business partners.
- Partner with Financial Planning and Analysis and Finance Engineering teams to align on modeling assumptions and requirements and support automated reporting solutions.
- Maintain a suite of analytics tools and dashboards to support advanced modeling, verifying completeness and accuracy while owning the roadmap for bugs and feature requests. Run sensitivity models to aid in strategic decision making and long range planning and serve as the key POC on machines reporting.
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:
- MBA or MSA degree.
- Experience with inventory and fixed asset accounting.
- Familiarity with coding languages such as SQL or Python.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment, and to drive complex operational initiatives.
- Ability to work with a variety of data integration technologies.
- Excellent investigative skills, combined with impeccable business judgment with the ability to communicate effectively and influence executive management.