Financial Analyst II

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
• Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with programming (e.g., SQL).

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to the full profit and loss (P&L) (Revenue, COGS, Opex).
• Interest in and aptitude for identifying opportunities to improve finance processes through AI and automation, with a willingness to experiment, learn quickly, and share what works with the broader team.
• Takes initiative and demonstrates a sense of ownership, especially in a matrixed organizational structure.
• Strong investigative skills, combined with impeccable business judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to zoom in or out depending on the situation.
• Strong financial modeling skills and comfort working with disparate data sources; ability to create a clean financial model with easy UI.

About the job

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: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis of datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
• Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, organizational implications, and changing circumstances.