Google Looking For Financial Analyst, Product, Google Cloud at Sunnyvale, CA Full Time

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

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

7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related field.

Preferred qualifications:
Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, CFA, or other related qualification).

Experience with SQL and data visualization tools.

Experience leading cross-functional project teams through problem framing with the ability to communicate insights to technical management teams.

Ability to grow in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

Excellent project management, problem-solving, and quantitative modeling 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.

Our product finance team supports the Product, Engineering, and Operations teams that build and sell Google Cloud Platform (GCP) products. We manage the end-to-end Cloud profit and loss, including GCP business, data center expense, payroll and other operational expenditures. We are an integral partner and strategic financial advisers to the Google Cloud leadership team, advising on how to invest resources to grow a sustainable business.

As a Financial Analyst, you will be the business unit’s trusted financial, strategic, and operational advisor. You’ll work cross-functionally with business leadership, product management, business planning and commercialization, and engineering teams. By developing financial reporting, creating business, and infrastructure efficiency key performance indicators (KPIs), you will advance improvements in business outcomes.

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

Create financial models to advance business decisions, forecast outcomes, and support capacity and headcount planning.

Develop relevant KPIs that explain financial performance and trends.

Support financial rhythms including annual planning, long range planning, and quarter-end close.

Analyze new product and feature launches including pricing, design, and positioning decisions.

Produce financial and operational improvements through in-depth analysis of business, infrastructure costs, and operating expenses.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.