**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.
- Experience with U.S. GAAP.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to connect with internal stakeholders globally.
**Preferred qualifications**:
- Experience in public accounting and operational accounting.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, with a focus on business recognition.
- Proficiency in Google Sheets or other spreadsheet technology.
- Ability to have a collaborative style and work with cross-functional and international teams.
- Ability to have attention to detail and focus on continuous improvement, including organizational skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to communicate effectively with executive 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.
**Responsibilities**:
- Participate and support business to customer device, service business processes, and financial accuracy for operations.
- Support and maintain Fi wireless related to financial month-end close activities and accuracy, including efficiency of accounting processes related to assigned area, accounting policies, balance sheet reconciliations, etc.
- Partner closely across finance (FP&A, cross-product area, etc.) as well as the business (sales, business development, etc.) to support new or ongoing business initiatives, and improve process efficiencies/scalability for continued operational excellence.
- Review and perform maintenance of deferred business schedules relating to store and Fi businesses.
- Facilitate with analytic review, internal and external year-end audits, provide insights to drive effective management decisions, and ensure compliance. Support system launches and migrations, and participate in system design and testing when applicable.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.