Financial Analyst, Data Center Infrastructure Design

Google•Kirkland, WA

4d•$116,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Financial Analysts help Google make sound financial decisions by modeling business scenarios, tracking performance metrics, and supporting leaders’ strategic decisions. The role involves managing multiple projects while attending to detail and finding creative solutions to broader business challenges. The position supports Google’s Technical Infrastructure organization, which includes global data centers, networks, and integrated hardware and software that power internal operations and customer-facing products. Google operates a large, complex data center fleet backed by substantial operating and capital budgets. As a finance partner to the data center design engineering organization, the Financial Analyst develops and maintains financial models, analyzes infrastructure investments, supports cost optimization, and helps manage financial controls and risks across cross-organizational programs.

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.

Nice To Haves

Experience in data center infrastructure design finance modeling within a fast-paced technology company.
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 exercising sound business judgment for resource allocation decisions to 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 all levels, set objectives, drive results, and work as a team player.

Responsibilities

Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks, then coordinate economical use of resources to minimize, monitor, and control risks or maximize opportunities.
Act as finance partner for the data center design engineering organization.
Architect, defend, and maintain sophisticated financial models.
Conduct investment and net present value (NPV) analyses on next-generation technical infrastructure to enable structured savings.
Drive large, matrixed programs spanning multiple organizations, ensuring robust financial controls, process optimization, and risk mitigation across the fleet.
Identify and advocate optimization opportunities that reduce costs and provide Google with a technical and financial competitive advantage.