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 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 $122,000-$180,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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.

• Collaborate across all fixed asset workstreams and with cross-functional teams (Project Controls Group, Procurement, Delivery, Construction, Finance, Tax, Technical Accounting and Compliance teams, etc.) to support the development of new processes to support business objectives.
• Partner with regional data center construction teams to support business initiatives and help manage budgets and timelines to be used for asset accounting.
• Partner with Financial Planning and Analysis stakeholders to monitor ongoing projects and support future construction forecasting and advise, influence and provide guidance to the business related to accounting, risks and impairments. 
• Support the month/quarter end close process and consolidation.
• Support internal and external audit requests, including those related to substantive and Sarbanes-Oxley controls and document process maps for all related accounting processes; design and implement improvements to the data center construction accounting processes.