Job Description

### Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, 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:

• Experience as a business recognition professional with agreement review experience in the technology industry.
• Experience in sheets or spreadsheet technology.
• Understanding of accounting principles, including US GAAP, with excellent technical accounting skills.
• Ability to have a collaborative style and work with cross-functional and international teams, with effective attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to own projects, lead others to meet deadlines and anticipate, remove roadblocks with the potential to impede progress.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

About the job
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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.



Google Controllers manage the core accounting and compliance responsibilities at Google. In this role, you will advise on financial and accounting matters and review, analyze, and interpret data for accounting and reporting. You will collaborate with our global team and advocate best practices. You will move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and tap into your problem-solving skills to support Google's business objectives.


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
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• Ensure accurate business recognition by conducting reviews of cloud commit agreements, aligning with ASC 606 standards.
• Evaluate complex customer agreements and document technical business assessment (e.g., relative standalone selling price analysis) and influence agreement structures during negotiations to optimize financial terms and support complex agreements.
• Collaborate with Cloud Technical Accounting to analyze complex non-standard agreement terms and optimize business outcomes.
• Identify and leverage technology to automate and innovate internal processes, including supporting the development and implementation of a guided agreement review tool. Develop and maintain knowledge of Google products and create solutions to enable accounting for new product launches and business opportunities.
• Participate in cross-team initiatives towards process improvements and efficiencies by incorporating business partner and team feedback and industry best practices.
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