Senior Financial Analyst, Cloud Marketing Finance

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.

Cloud Marketing Finance is a highly analytical, global team, dedicated to maximizing returns through thought leadership and partnership. Our work covers everything from developing the frameworks and success metrics to evaluate key investments, to driving analyses, to working cross-functionally and cross-finance to develop long-term business outlooks. The Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to executive leadership, and is integral to the operations and strategy of marketing at Google Cloud.

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 $142,000-$205,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

• Be a finance partner to Cloud Central Marketing Central leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders in global/regional/local Marketing teams, Sales, Finance, Product 
• Advise marketing leadership to evaluate, structure, and execute business plans and growth initiatives, then identify and implement metrics and reporting tools to measure business results and success.
• Provide decision support to executive stakeholders, including return on investment analysis, business growth projections and insights, and evaluation of existing and new investment opportunities.

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 or R, Python, or other programming/scripting languages to manipulate datasets.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in spend management and budget planning cycles.
• Knowledge of the Cloud/Software industry, different roles and incentives.
• Ability to self-direct work in an unstructured, changing environment; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent investigative and technical skills (spreadsheets/ SQL/ dashboard creation).
• Excellent communication and team-work skills; comfort and experience with regularly presenting to executive management.
• Excellent leadership and people skills: ability to set objectives and drive to results while building long-term relationships across organizational boundaries.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year