Google Looking For Senior Financial Analyst, Android Auto at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Preferred qualifications:
Experience with business development or mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Experience in financial planning and modeling within the technology, consumer electronics, or enterprise software industries

Demonstrated high performance in prior role(s), with increasing levels of responsibility

Knowledge of SQL and statistical tools/systems

Impeccable business acumen and ability to communicate with management team

Excellent analytical and financial 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.

In this role, you will be a part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team for Android Auto, a dynamic platform based on Android but designed to work in the automobile. You will work day-to-day with the cross-functional business partners in Android Auto, to support business decisions under-pinned by sound financial analyses.

As an Android Auto Senior Financial Analyst, you will work with business partners in engineering, product management, and partnerships to drive financially sound decisions. You will also own day-to-day profit and loss and budget management processes, and be responsible for tracking and reporting on Android Auto’s financial performance. Your work, whether it’s modeling business scenarios or tracking performance metrics, is used by our leaders to make strategic company decisions. You will work on multiple projects simultaneously, while focusing on the details to find creative ways to solve big picture challenges and bring recommendations to the table.

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

Manage and report out on the Android Auto profit and loss. Identify metrics that drive the business, and create dashboards and reports to guide business decisions

Provide decision-making analytics and participate in business-facing projects

Deliver executive-ready presentations, analyses, and reports to guide business decisions

Work with large datasets to build robust and easy-to-understand financial models with multiple scenarios for evaluating agreements and decisions

Work with cross-finance and cross-functional teams, providing an impactful and analytical insight to business partners

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