Cloud Workforce Planning Analyst

Google•Kirkland, WA

2d•$116,000 - $166,000

About The Position

The Finance organization partners with and advises the business through strategic analysis, management reporting, and automated financial processes. This role supports Google Cloud workforce and financial planning by developing models, guiding headcount and payroll planning, overseeing enterprise analytics, and coordinating complex planning cycles. The role also supports productivity analysis across go-to-market and engineering organizations to inform global talent allocation and evaluate AI-related efficiency gains.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 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, such as SQL.

Nice To Haves

7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, strategy, or workforce planning, with expertise managing enterprise-scale goals, payroll budgets, and large global workforces.
Experience designing complex workforce strategies, structuring large headcount datasets, and delivering talent recommendations to executives.
Experience developing strategies in changing environments, with strong business judgment for resource allocation.
Experience building data infrastructure, such as designing data schemas, building pipelines, and implementing scalable monitoring, and implementing reporting solutions using SQL, PLX, Looker, or Tableau.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally across departments, take project ownership, set clear objectives, and drive results.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain financial models for business planning and decision-making, including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, workforce planning, allocation analysis, and scenario modeling.
Drive Google Cloud headcount and payroll cost planning and forecasting, partnering across organizations to support transparency, execution, and fiscal accountability.
Oversee central analytics and provide subject matter expertise on enterprise-scale headcount and payroll, delivering actionable insights and planning guidance to business partners.
Lead complex planning cycles, including Long Range Planning (LRP) and the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and establish timelines, templates, and consolidation models to align stakeholders.
Support productivity analysis and modeling across go-to-market and engineering, using metrics such as CAC payback and R&D spend to optimize global talent distribution and assess internal AI efficiency gains.