Senior Financial Analyst, Infrastructure

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

18h

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. Google's Engineering and Infrastructure leaders steer the technology and, research and development roadmap towards financially optimal outcomes via scalable processes, quantitative analysis, financial planning and analysis governance, and the translation of complexities into actionable insights. As a senior financial analyst, you will prioritize across Google's complex technology roadmap, lead transformational projects, and drive/develop key novel metrics. 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, another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, a related function, or an advanced degree.

Nice To Haves

5 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, management consulting, engaged analysis, strategy, or related roles.
Experience in research and development finance functions and processes.
Understanding of addressing the needs of the business and finance goals.
Ability to take charge, set objectives, drive results while building long-term relationships across organizational boundaries with all levels.
Excellent quantitative problem-solving skills in spreadsheets, databases and investigative tool sets.

Responsibilities

Be the trusted financial partner to engineering and Infrastructure leaders, transforming complex technical program updates and financial progress into concise, high-impact narratives for our most executives.
Drive accountability and clarity by relentlessly pursuing the root causes of financial and operational issues, partnering cross-functionally to quantify gaps and implement impactful solutions.
Shape Google's future technology investments by creating multi-year financial models, including Net Present Value (NPV) and presenting the critical economic insights that guide engineering program decisions during business case reviews.
Pioneer financial innovation leading transformational projects to develop, novel metrics for custom silicon and AI technologies, automating critical workstreams, and establishing consolidated, transparent program tracking.