Financial Analyst, Compute Infrastructure Business

Google•Kirkland, WA

6d•$116,000 - $166,000

About The Position

The Financial Analyst ensures sound financial decisions through financial modeling, performance tracking, and analysis that inform strategic company decisions. The role leads projects to improve planning, tracking, and control processes and provides senior-level management with recommendations, planning, and reporting support. Within Google Cloud’s Planning and Analysis (FP&A) group, this position focuses on Compute Infrastructure and the Compute Engine product suite. It guides operational decisions such as feature sequencing and rate calibration, provides profitability assessments, and collaborates across functions to support commercial rollouts, product launches, and balanced capital deployment. The role serves as an analytical and strategic advisor to division leaders and supports financial decisions for Capacity and Technical Infrastructure organizations.

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.
Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
Experience with SQL.

Nice To Haves

Experience in business strategy and cloud strategy.
Experience with communication strategy and presenting financial insights.
Knowledge of the Cloud and Software industry, including different roles and incentives.

Responsibilities

Manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for the Google Compute Engine product portfolio, providing in-depth analysis to optimize financial performance.
Manage product strategy through monthly and quarterly gross margin reviews and financial forecasting.
Partner with Product Management and Finance teams to drive business decisions, including product roadmap prioritization, internal and external pricing, and optimizing customer discounts.
Support Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives and New Product Introductions (NPI) by conducting unit economics analyses and Profit and Loss impact assessments in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Align Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operating Expenditure (OpEx) investments with demand and contribute to efficient resource allocations by partnering with Capacity and Product Finance teams.