Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in a problem-solving environment (e.g., financial planning and analysis, business analytics, management consulting, or investment banking).
Preferred qualifications:
- Proficiency in spreadsheets, SQL, and working with large volumes of complex data.
- Ability to craft and deliver a message with credibility to influence executive leadership.
- Ability to self-direct work in an unstructured environment.
- Excellent financial acumen, problem-solving and modeling skills to analyze/structure agreements, support decisions, and provide analysis.
- Excellent people management, communication and presentation 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.
In the Global Business Organization (GBO) Finance, we fuel Google's mission by driving sustainable financial growth and empowering innovation.
We are trusted advisors and thought leaders, empowering GBO's success, unlocking sustainable growth and shaping the future.
We act as integrators, collaborating across GBO and Google to drive decisions, provide context, data-driven insights and financial discipline. We proactively identify opportunities and develop innovative solutions. We are committed to continuous growth and learning and we act with passion, integrity, and courage to make a lasting impact.
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.
Responsibilities
- Support critical financial processes such as business reporting, forecasting, goal setting, OPEX planning, and budget management.
- Provide management with clear insights and recommendations into the business, market trends, risks and opportunities leading to business enhancement and business actions.
- Perform in-depth analyses to identify growth drivers to influence business activity.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to structure and execute strategic business initiatives to provide performance and analytical insights.
