Senior Financial Analyst, Cloud Marketing Finance

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.

Cloud Marketing Finance is a highly analytical, global team, dedicated to maximizing returns through thought leadership and partnership. Our work covers everything from developing the frameworks and success metrics to evaluate key investments, to driving analyses, to working cross-functionally and cross-finance to develop long-term business outlooks. The Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to executive leadership, and is integral to the operations and strategy of marketing at Google Cloud.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $206000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
• Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with SQL or R, Python, or other programming/scripting languages to manipulate datasets.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in spend management and budget planning cycles.
• Knowledge of the Cloud/Software industry, different roles and incentives.
• Ability to self-direct work in an unstructured, changing environment; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent investigative and technical skills (spreadsheets/ SQL/ dashboard creation).
• Excellent communication and team-work skills; comfort and experience with regularly presenting to executive management.
• Excellent leadership and people skills: ability to set objectives and drive to results while building long-term relationships across organizational boundaries.