Financial Analyst II

Google•Mountain View, CA

3d•$116,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Financial Analysts at Google support sound financial decision-making by modeling business scenarios, tracking performance metrics, and providing analysis used by leaders for strategic company decisions. The role involves handling multiple projects while balancing detailed analysis with creative solutions to broader business challenges. Within Google’s Finance organization, the analyst provides in-depth analysis on strategic decisions across products, develops forward-looking analysis and management reports, and helps scale automated financial processes. This position focuses on financial evaluation, planning, and resource allocation for Generative AI technologies and ecosystem programs. The analyst will work with finance and cross-functional colleagues to develop investment theses, evaluate potential partnerships and licensing agreements, and support long-range planning for rapidly evolving AI products.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
Four 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience building data infrastructure, such as designing architecture, building data pipelines, and implementing scalable monitoring, and implementing reporting solutions.
Experience developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments and strong business judgment for resource allocation decisions that achieve desired business outcomes.
Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influence decision-making with numerical analysis, and generate insights.
Ability to take ownership, interact confidently with people at all levels, set objectives, drive results, and work as a team player.
Strong data analytics background and ability to independently liaise with Product, Engineering, and Partnerships partners to understand datasets and run analyses.

Responsibilities

Analyze datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable business insights.
Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks, then coordinate economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control risks or maximize opportunities.
Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, organizational implications, and changing circumstances.
Lead financial evaluation, scoping, and modeling of potential partnerships, licensing agreements, and scaled remuneration structures for Generative AI technologies and ecosystem incentives.
Collaborate with finance and cross-functional colleagues to iterate on the Long Range Plan (LRP), build investment theses, and manage resource allocations for nascent and rapidly evolving AI products and ecosystem programs.