Data Center Equipment Finance Manager

Google • Kirkland, WA

3d • $165,000 - $245,000

About The Position

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. Technical Infrastructure (TI) is the backbone of Google - the global data centers, networks, and integrated hardware and software that power both Google customer products and services, including Google Cloud, and our internal operations. Google builds and operates one of the largest private data center fleets in the world. It is a complex technical area with very large operating and capital budgets growing year over year. The TI Finance mission is to partner cross-functionally drive optimal decision-making, provide insights for strategic and tactical decisions, and bend the cost curve down to provide Google with a competitive advantage. In this role, you will partner with Data Center Equipment product owners, playing a key role in shaping supply chain strategy. You will drive efforts to ensure optimal use of Google capital to expand a rapidly growing data center footprint. This team partners closely with Data Center Equipment Supply Chain organization. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
• 7 years of data center equipment procurement experience at a cloud service provider company or data center equipment supplier.

Nice To Haves

• Experience influencing business decisions using data.
• Experience with partnership and collaboration across stakeholders.
• Ability to take initiative and self-direct in an unstructured environment; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent business and financial acumen.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent leadership and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Leverage deep technical expertise to independently identify opportunities and make recommendations to optimize cash flow and drive cost savings.
• Drive large, complex initiatives spanning multiple organizations.
• Identify the key metrics to measure success, set goals, and actively drive performance against those metrics alongside business partners.
• Partner with Engineering to influence design decisions to optimize cost and efficiency, and reduce supply chain complexity.
• Lead work, develop, and build community for the Data Center Finance team.
• Guide the development, automation, and consolidation of financial tools to scale team.

Benefits

• 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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees