Accounting Lead, Revenue, Google Cloud

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.
  
• Experience in US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) accounting principles with experience in revenue accounting (ASC 606) in a public accounting or multinational company setting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience performing technical accounting assessments and operational execution in relation to complex revenue contracts including multiple performance obligations, multi-year contracts and relative selling price allocation.
• Experience with financial processes such as Order-to-Cash cycle and related risks and controls
  
• Experience in SQL, combined with business judgment.
  
• Ability to lead and drive complex initiatives cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment across a large, complex, global organization.
  
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
  

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'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 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 $122,000-$180,000. 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.

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

• Drive business growth through proactive risk management and innovative accounting solutions and scalable process.
• Ensure accurate and timely business reports, including the external disclosures of remaining performance obligations under ASC 606 as well as proper business recognition in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) (e.g., ASC 606, SSP analysis, balance sheet reconciliation).
• Develop knowledge over Google products and order-to-cash to create solutions to enable streamlined business, accounting operations and report processes.
• Identify and mitigate risks through your knowledge of Google Cloud products and Order-to-Cash systems and stakeholder engagement.
• Document the business and accounting operations, and reporting processes to design, implement, and monitor controls over financial reporting including those in Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) scope and actively participate in completion of statutory audits of Google Cloud.