Youtube Content Acquisition Cost Accountant

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 1 year with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
  
• Experience in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), with a focus on Revenue (ASC 606) Accounting in a public accounting or multinational company setting.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Experience in GAAP with a focus on Revenue (ASC 606), Cost of Sales and Services (ASC 705), and Other Assets and Deferred Costs (ASC 340).
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to process improvement.
• Strong investigative and data aggregation skills.
• An interest in SQL and automation experience.

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.

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.

YouTube connects billions of people worldwide through video, music, and community. Behind every creator payout, licensing agreement, and content partnership is a finance team ensuring that our business scales responsibly, accurately, and efficiently. Our mission is to build Ads, YouTube and related business and cost of sales processes and systems that power Google’s global growth.

In this role, you will be the Accountant behind YouTube’s core business financials, safeguarding our Cost of Sales (CoS) reporting. You will manage complex, non-standard commercial agreements, manage journal entries, and design scalable, automated accounting processes. Working at the intersection of accounting, data engineering, and business strategy, you will partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to build brand-new workflows and elevate existing systems—ensuring YouTube’s expenses are reported accurately, timely, and at global scale.

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:

• Drive month-end close for YouTube Cost of Sales under US GAAP, ensuring robust Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) controls and accurate financial reporting.
• Interpret and account for non-standard commercial agreements, minimum guarantees (MGs), complex business-share models, and bespoke media licenses.
• Oversee monthly settlement and payment cycles for creators, record labels, music publishers, and broadcast networks to ensure contract compliance and accuracy.
• Assess and implement accounting treatments for new product rollouts, evolving business models, and strategic operational changes.
• Partner across data engineering, business, and finance teams to eliminate bottlenecks and automate manual journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting pipelines.