Newly Qualified Financial Accountant
About the job
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- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Professional qualification CIMA/ACA/ACCA
- Experience with business partnering
- Understanding of accounting principles
- Ability to work on diverse workload
- Strong drive for results
- Excellent problem-solving, investigative, leadership, negotiation, people, and communication skills
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional qualification CIMA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with business partnering.
- Understanding of accounting principles including the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. (US GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and related international accounting standards.
- Ability to work on diverse workload, while ensuring accuracy, timeliness and a high attention to details, and commitment to continuous process improvement.
- Ability to demonstrate a strong drive for results.
- Excellent problem-solving, investigative, leadership, negotiation, people, and communication skills.
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.
As a Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for the statutory compliance of a portfolio of companies within the United Kingdom and Ireland region. You will be responsible for the statutory financial and tax filings required by law, and you will also manage and enhance the financial control environment. You will guide the business to mitigate risk, support high quality decision making and help build the financial infrastructure to scale in support of the business.
You will have the opportunity to get involved in improving processes and governance models, to contribute to impactful 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
- Be responsible for overseeing the annual statutory financial statements and tax compliance process, including management of the external audit and tax filings for a portfolio of Alphabet companies in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
- Perform regular analysis on the financials, ensuring the integrity and financial accuracy of our books and records.
- Manage balance sheet. Review reconciliations of key balance sheet account balances including relevant reporting for same.
- Represent international controllership with our key business partners through effective communication across a broad network of stakeholders.
- Manage the delivery of accounting processes performed by external vendors ensuring that all service levels are met, the internal control environment is robust and a quality service is provided.
About The Company
A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.
