Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Professional qualification CIMA/ACA/ACCA.

• Candidates will typically have 4 years of experience with general accounting principles, including US GAAP and related international accounting standards.

• Experience in a controllership, accounting, or finance role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience of IFRS15/ASC 606, application of business accounting standards in an enterprise software/tech industry setting.

• Experience in the Enterprise Cloud industry.

• Experience in Technical Accounting.

• Strong communication skills along with the ability to articulate technical accounting guidance to non-technical audiences.

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.

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.

• Represent the Cloud Controllership team in agreement enablement, including the review and approval of Cloud business agreement, ensuring appropriate business recognition in accordance with IFRS15/ASC 606.

• Perform monthly and quarterly reporting on Cloud business agreements for the EMEA region as part of financial close procedures.

• Work closely with Accounting Operations to ensure all contractual adjustments are appropriately reflected in results and supported with analyses and documentation for financial reporting.

• Build robust relationships with key business stakeholders to provide technical accounting and business recognition advice to cross functional teams and business partners.

• Partner with the global Controllership team to align on industry, product, and business related trends that pose potential financial, operational or reputational risk to Google within your region.

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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.