Senior Financial Analyst I

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.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
• Experience in developing strategies in changing engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
• Leadership experience with complex strategic and operational initiatives, across multiple products, functions, and geographies.
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
• Proven ability to influence and build effective working relationships with senior-level stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of departments.

About the job

The Cloud Finance team is at the epicenter of Google Cloud’s physical and digital expansion. We ensure that our infrastructure investments are strategically sound, operationally efficient, and aligned with our long-term financial goals, driving profitable growth for Google Cloud. As a key partner to the Engineering, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Product, GTM Sales and Services organizations, we provide the financial insight necessary to scale our global footprint and lead the AI revolution.

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

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Drive Cloud Support’s financial planning cycles, including annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting. Develop business models and cost-per-business analysis to identify trends and growth opportunities.
• Lead the Support profit and loss and lead spend forecasting. Partner with Controllership and Vendor Management to drive operational efficiencies and optimize support investments.
• Serve as a strategic financial advisor to Cloud Support Leadership. Partner with Product Finance and Engineering to translate financial data into actionable insights that drive performance.
• Lead the finance function for new offers and pricing strategies, collaborating with Business Planning on cost analysis, business projections, and profitability.
• Lead initiatives, such as Support Transformation 2.0, providing financial expertise to assess program impact and ensure alignment.