Google Looking For Business Systems Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis at Chicago, IL Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, systems implementation projects, or a related field.

Preferred qualifications:
Experience in systems administration, analysis, design, development, and implementation.

Knowledge of Anaplan business modeling, SAP analytics Cloud, business planning and consolidation (BPC), or relevant systems.

Ability to manage multiple, complex, and varying priorities.

Excellent judgment, combined with effective problem-solving and analytical skills.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

About the job

Financial Analysts ensure that Google makes sound financial decisions. As a Financial Analyst, your work, whether it’s modeling business scenarios or tracking performance metrics, is used by our leaders to make strategic company decisions. Working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to take on big picture challenges.

As someone who knows the workings of the core Finance team inside and out, you’ll lead individual projects to transform planning, tracking and control processes. You’ll provide senior level management with insightful recommendations, planning and reporting support.

As a Business Systems Analyst for our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, you will ensure that the systems that support Financial Planning and Analysis’ core work of planning, budgeting, and forecasting run smoothly, and successfully adapt and scale to the rapidly evolving work of our financial analysts.

In this role, you will partner with business units to provide and prioritize requirements and work toward maintaining business continuity by providing ongoing support to financial planning and analysis forecasting and planning systems.

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

Represent the Financial Planning and Analysis team on system initiatives.

Manage operations for planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.

Partner with business to provide and prioritize requirements.

Train and onboard users.

Maintain business continuity and provide ongoing support to financial planning and analysis forecasting and planning systems.

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