Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 5 years of relevant work experience.
Ability to speak and write in English fluently and idiomatically.
Preferred qualifications:
Certified Public Accountant or Master’s degree in Business Administration.
Experience in fixed asset or inventory accounting.
Proficient with spreadsheet and presentation software; experience with SQL, Oracle ERP and Hyperion.
Ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment, and to support complex operational initiatives.
Excellent analytical skills and ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
Excellent attention to detail, and organizational skills, with a focus on continuous improvement.
About the job
Google accountants are a savvy bunch who handle the core accounting responsibilities at Google. As a member of this team, you know your accounting principles and the full accounting process end to end. You'll advise on financial reports required by governmental regulations, and you'll review, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports - and all this sounds like fun to you. Every day is a new challenge, and you're continually looking for ways to help our team get better at what we do, in the most efficient way possible. A team player at heart, you collaborate with our global team, advocate best practices and roll up your sleeves to pitch in when it's all hands on deck. You move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support Google's business objectives.
The Google Fixed Assets (gFA) team manages the Global Accounting for Google’s entire capital expenditure portfolio, manufacturing operations and related expenses. This infrastructure is at the foundation of Google - the global data centers, networks and integrating hardware and software that powers both our unique customer products and services and our internal operations. As a member of this team, you'll find innovative ways to manage our complex set of transactions. As Operations Controller you'll be focused on running highly effective and efficient processes for asset setup, modifications and retirements, as well as month end close reporting and reconciliation processes related to PP&E accounts.
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
Perform month end close tasks related to PP&E area (e.g. FA ledger close, capex accruals, etc.). This includes but is not limited to manage asset creation and retirement processes, provide commentary for flux analysis on a monthly and quarterly basis, book journal entries for your related process, partner with business for new process/product implementations.
Prepare and present financial information to different audiences, including finance leaders, business partners, auditors and regional accountants.
Find efficiencies in the processes through elimination, automation and outsourcing.
Support SOX controls for PP&E processes; run processes according to risk assessment and control frameworks. Escalate when risks are detected.
Work towards constant improvements of gFA processes to drive higher quality standards in the fixed assets register, reconciliations, and reporting produced for local audits and close reporting.
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