*minimum qualifications*:
- bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, economics or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years working experience in finance (accounting and taxes), compliance, finance operations, etc.
*preferred qualifications*:
- experience with sql and sap erp.
- understanding of accounting principles (ifrs and us gaap) and knowledge of electronic invoicing accounting rules in latam.
- strong attention to detail, organizational skills and focus on continuous improvement, and solid understanding of internal controls and sox compliance.
- 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.
- proficiency in spreadsheets/google sheets.
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.
google's continued evolution and ongoing growth is exciting and enables the company to operate across multiple industries.
this brings challenges as well as a lot of uncomfortably exciting opportunities as we strive to build the appropriate infrastructure, financial controls and risk management processes in support of this growth.in this role, you will have the opportunity to get involved in improving processes and governance models, to contribute to impact full global and cross-functional initiatives, and to deliver value in the continued expansion of google's international operations ensuring operational excellence and the implementation of process/controls to manage/mitigate the risk of incorrect statutory filings.
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*:
- manage the delivery of accounting tax processes performed by external vendors ensuring that all service levels are met, the internal control environment is robust and a quality service is provided.
- guide the business to mitigate risk, support decision making and help build the financial infrastructure to scale in support of the business and manage sfs audit deliverables, external audit management and follow up.
- participate in ongoing policy, system and control improvements to ensure sox, local compliance and review, and post entries including intercompany transactions, interest on loans, are complying with local statutory and tax regulations.
- perform pl and balance sheet analysis to support month end close process, providing mom, qoq, yoy analysis for both, us and local books.
- prepare financial analysis, management reports, statutory financial statements according to ifrs review and approve reconciliations.
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