Google Hiring for Risk and Controls Lead, Google Fixed Assets at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience working on projects related to Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
- Experience in Risk assessment, internal controls, control deficiency assessment and remediation; SAP, ERP
- Experience with internal control design and operations for system scoping and application controls
Preferred qualifications:
- CIA/CPA or related qualification
- Experience in enterprise data analytics, common management reporting platforms, and familiarity with enterprise data analysis and common management reporting platforms
- Experience with US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) auditing standards and control frameworks used in IT SOX (e.g., COSO and COBIT)
- Experience working with Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) program and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and internal control design and operations from a Finance perspective, particularly for system scoping and application controls
About the job
Google accountants are a savvy bunch who work on the core accounting responsibilities at Google. You’ll advise on financial reports required by governmental regulations, and you’ll review, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports. Everyday is a new challenge, and you’re continually looking for ways to help our team get better at what we do, in the most efficient way possible. You’ll collaborate with our global team, advocate best practices, and take initiative to pitch in. You move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support Google’s business objectives.
The Google Fixed Assets (gFA) team manages the global accounting for Google’s entire CapEx portfolio, manufacturing operations, and related expenses. This infrastructure is at the foundation of Google – the global offices and integrated workspaces, data centers, networks, and integrating hardware and software that powers both our unique customer products and services and our internal operations. As a Risk and Controls Lead you will help build bulletproof, scalable, and flexible processes, and systems.
Responsibilities
- Drive the overall controls strategy for Google Fixed Assets defining the risk and control governance approach
- Lead annual SOX process for Google Fixed Assets including: aligning with the Google Sox (gSOX) team on scoping (process, systems, key controls), supporting process owners on requirements and timeline, owning the annual SOX process narrative refresh
- Collaborate with process owners in process improvement projects, and support them in risk identification and mitigation to enhance the control environment
- Prepare control owners and to provide timely support for SOX walk troughs and testing, performing SOX/SAB99 deficiency assessments, and partner with the control owner to design/implement remediation plans
- Own the annual SOX process narrative refresh, collaborating with process/control owners, gSOX, Engineering Compliance, and SOX auditors to ensure SOX activities in Fixed Assets are being performed effectively
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