Financial Analyst

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
• Experience in manipulating data sets using SQL or another programming/scripting language.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
• Ability to solve problems and navigate complexity in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, and often ambiguous environment.
• Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
• Ability to communicate effectively, with developed business judgment and strategic thinking.
• Excellent problem-solving and 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.

As a Financial Analyst, you will be a critical member of the Global Functions Finance team, providing financial and problem-solving insights, and business planning partnership to Google Finance leaders. You will partner with leaders on financial decisions and implications of business strategies, investments, trade-offs, efficiency and scale initiatives, including process and systems transformation.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000-$154,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and influence business partners at all levels through data driven analytics and insights. Perform analysis of datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
• Build business cases for key initiatives and provide an independent perspective on the relative merit of each initiative. Advocate allocation of resources to the best Return on Investment (ROI) use case and in support of advancing Google's goals on core initiatives.
• Support Core Financial Planning and Analysis activities including budgeting, forecasting, variance analytics and reporting. Develop and track operational cost metrics that align with core business drivers.
• Standardize and document business processes, align financial reporting to changing business needs. Collaborate with other Finance teams to incorporate exceptional tools and technology in core Financial Planning and Analysis activities.