Finance Analyst, Google Customer Solutions

Google • Mountain View, CA

1d • $113,000 - $162,000

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. In this role, you will support and inform business performance and strategic priorities and will support sales strategy operationalization from a finance perspective. You will deliver performance insights in partnership with cross-functional partners. 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.
• 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, a related function, or an advanced degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience partnering with technical, business, and operations stakeholders.
• Experience using SQL to extract and manipulate data, building reporting dashboards.
• Ability to motivate colleagues and collaborate to influence senior leadership.
• Ability to structure and solve analytical problems.
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment, navigating ambiguity, managing multiple assignments simultaneously, and bringing clarity and structure.
• Excellent financial modeling skills, with the ability to understand trends and develop insights.

Responsibilities

• Drive business strategy and accountability through delivery of key insights on drivers of performance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to sales leaders across markets on business performance, with a focus on key growth drivers.
• Provide thought leadership and insights on incremental business growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand drivers of performance.
• Support activation of key sales strategies through regular tracking and monitoring of progress.
• Communicate insights to senior audiences by simplifying technical complexity.
• Partner with cross-finance teams, to share best practices and leverage infrastructure across teams.

What This Job Offers

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