Revenue Accounting Lead, Google Cloud

$122,000 - $180,000/Yr

Google - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

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About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Understand the accounting/operational flow of business transactions from Order to Cash to envision, design and support reporting of business, including the external disclosures of remaining performance obligations under ASC 606.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners to define and establish scalable processes to address financial reporting needs and lead continuous process improvement for business generation and reporting of remaining performance obligations.
• Recognize potential areas of risk and develop risk management strategies for new/existing business offerings and go to market strategies.
• Identify and mitigate risks of the business generation processes and reporting to enhance, implement, and monitor controls (including those in SOX scope).
• Be responsible for internal and external reporting, variance and other analysis prepared for executive management. Manage data consistency across various booking and reporting systems and be responsible for related IPE testings.

Requirements

• 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 GAAP accounting principles with experience in revenue accounting (e.g., ASC 606).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SAP, SQL, or Python.
• Experience improving business processes and systems, with a proven ability to grow in ambiguity.
• Ability to have attention to detail, organizational skills, and focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead and drive complex initiatives cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment across a large, complex, global organization.
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to communicate effectively with executive management.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with matching contributions
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness programs