US technology company Alphabet has appointed Marsida Saraci as its principal accounting officer with immediate effect, filling a role vacated when her predecessor moved to lead the finance function at a major semiconductor firm, according to CFO Dive. The appointment underlines the continued prominence of Big Four-trained professionals in senior accounting roles at the world's largest companies.

CFO Dive reported that Saraci, 47, has worked at Alphabet for approximately 15 years, most recently serving as vice president, finance and deputy controller. Prior to joining the company in 2011, she spent more than eight years at Big Four firm KPMG.

The appointment follows the departure of Amie Thuener O'Toole, who held the dual roles of principal accounting officer and corporate controller at Alphabet before leaving to take the finance reins at Broadcom, a semiconductor and software infrastructure company.

Saraci's compensation package includes restricted stock units valued at $720,000 (approximately €664,000), which begin vesting in July, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company disclosed no further details of her remuneration in the filing.

Alphabet has a consistent record of appointing women to its most senior finance positions. In 2024, the company named Anat Ashkenazi, a veteran of pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly, as CFO, succeeding Ruth Porat, who transitioned to a newly created dual role of president and chief investment officer.

The appointment comes as finance functions at major technology companies face mounting pressure to integrate artificial intelligence into core accounting and reporting processes. Alphabet is using AI agents for invoice processing and finance workflow automation as part of a broader push to automate daily operations across the organisation, a direction Ashkenazi outlined on a company earnings call earlier this year.

Alphabet reported net income of $62.57 billion (approximately €57.7 billion) for the first quarter of 2026, nearly double the $34.5 billion (approximately €31.8 billion) recorded in the same period a year earlier. The scale of the organisation places significant demands on its accounting function, making the principal accounting officer role one of the most consequential in the profession globally.

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