Financial Analyst, Technical Infrastructure

Google•Kirkland, WA

3h•$116,000 - $167,000

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. As a member of Technical Infrastructure Finance, you will support the global team responsible for Google’s physical foundations. This essential backbone enables all Google services, requiring the management of intricate technical domains with expansive, year-over-year growing budgets. The Central Planning and Reporting team (CPR) plays a crucial role by collaborating across technical infrastructure (TI) Finance and the broader finance community to present a consolidated view of TI's financial plans and investment proposals. You will have the opportunity to drive and influence decisions and deliverables reviewed at the highest levels of leadership, bringing strong financial acumen and a trusted point-of-view to these strategic discussions. 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $116000 - $167000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google [https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

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 (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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
Experience in developing strategies in changing engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of departments.

Responsibilities

Manage the end-to-end spend approval process for technical Infrastructure, collaborating across TI finance to ensure high quality investment requests are presented to executive leadership.
Partner with TI Finance, Accounting, and External Reporting teams to manage the reporting and forecasting of TI's purchase commitments and long-term financial obligations.
Support additional essential capital expenditures (CapEx) workstreams, such as forecasting, monthly variance analysis/reporting, annual planning, and long range plans.
Modernize financial operations by advocating and creating AI-enhanced workflows in your space.