Senior Revenue Accountant

Senior Revenue Accountant

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 Ads Controllership team are trusted advisors to the business, driving reliable financial reporting and processes. We fuel Google's growth by unlocking efficiencies and empowering the business to achieve audacious goals. We support Ads business by overseeing end-to-end order-to-cash process, including contracting, billing, revenue reporting and payment disbursement. We leverage our deep product knowledge and GAAP understanding to ensure revenue recognition adherence to 606 guidance. We design and implement robust process controls for SOX compliance and collaborate with auditors to fulfill all audit requirements. In this role, you'll collaborate extensively across Controllership teams to manage financial statement risks and ensure timely and accurate accounting and reporting requirements are met. You will partner with cross-functional teams to brainstorm and co-design financial pipelines to support complex financial operational needs for new product and business initiatives.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $125,000-$183,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Design, implement and manage global processes for the accounting of Ads products, including: revenue, cost of sales, contra-revenue accruals, sales allowance, deferred revenue, operating expenses and the related balance sheet reconciliations.

Perform month-end close processes, including contract review, processing payments, and preparing/posting journal entries.

Partner with internal teams and engineering and business partners to define, establish and implement accounting systems, processes and procedures. Review processes and implement controls to ensure mitigated risk for Google.

Identify opportunities and implement programs to centralize, eliminate, automate or outsource activities. Work with providers to outsource established or mature processes and manage ongoing activities.

Work through accounting implications to support product launches and changes in business operations. Provide controllership guidance to Sales, Product, Engineering, FP&A and other cross-functional teams.

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