Senior Accountant, APAC Controllership

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
• 7 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 5 years with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business or CA with 10 years of work experience in a financial reporting/business finance role.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP, with the knowledge of accounting principles.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, fluid environment and to lead and drive operational initiatives.
• Ability to manage workloads, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and attention to detail and a commitment to process improvement.
• Ability to drive for results, leadership and negotiating skills.
  
  

About the jobGoogle 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 Google Controllers team manages the accounting and compliance responsibilities at Google.

In this role, you will know the accounting principles and the financial process. You will advise on financial matters required by governmental regulations, you and your team will review, analyze, and interpret financial reports. You will be looking for ways to help the team get better at what we do. You will collaborate with the global team, promote best practices, and support team execution during critical periods. You will have attention to detail, and excellent problem-solving skills to support Google's business goals.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

• Be accountable for accuracy, timeliness, effectiveness, and efficiency of all processes related to controllership for Devices and Services Product Area (DSPA) in India.
• Partner with business teams on financial operations and ensure new product and launches adhere to finance requirements.
• Collaborate with global Business Finance and Controllership teams to ensure consistency and efficiencies, including contributing to system and process transformation initiatives with central functions.
• Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual close presentations and maintain an internal control environment, including ensuring accuracy of financial accounts. Support controllership teams on compliances including SOX requirements.
• Recognize potential areas of risk and develop risk management solutions. Ensure compliance with Indian accounting standards, regulatory requirements and tax regulations, including management of the external audit and tax compliance for the respective Google entity in India.
  
  
  

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