Financial Analyst, Devices And Services

Financial Analyst, Devices and Services

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. While working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.

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.

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, or an advanced degree.
• Experience with databases, SQL-based languages, and the use of investigative tools on datasets.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
• Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
• Ability to work with a wide variety of departments.
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales Operations to set Quotas, measure performance and ensure accuracy of business reporting to business and global finance.
• Lead monthly Profit and Loss reporting, including performance reviews with leadership across Partnerships.Partner and campaign performance and provide recommendations to shape investment decisions and long term strategy.
• Develop tools and data infrastructure to communicate business performance to a range of audiences, including senior management, simply and efficiently.
• Initiate and implement global process improvement initiatives for finance, including shaping the global system and data infrastructure agenda, drawing on automation/process expertise as well as AI.
• Manage core finance processes such as month end close, budget management and annual planning, as well as act as Finance Business Partner to advise on strategic direction and cost allocation.