Senior Financial Analyst

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

20d•$142,000 - $205,000

About The Position

The Revenue tower within the Google Cloud Finance Optimization Office is a nimble group of subject matter experts who positively shape the systems and data landscape for the Cloud organization as it relates to Revenue, Bookings, Backlog and Sales Compensation. As a member of this team, you’ll leverage your finance, accounting, systems architecture, and production support knowledge to work with cross-functional organizations (Finance, Engineering, Sales, etc.) to develop/enhance solutions for Cloud financial processes or to enable the Cloud business to expand into new products, regions, or business models while remaining compliant with financial responsibilities. You will move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem-solving skills to support Google Cloud's business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification or experience in auditing.
7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
Experience executing full-cycle financial planning and analysis 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 fast-moving engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
Leadership experience with complex strategic and operational initiatives, across multiple products, functions, and geographies.
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.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery and design efforts to further enhance Financial data systems or processes. Leverage Finance and Accounting expertise to translate systems feedback from end users into actionable and prioritized requirements for engineering.
Execute change management, including moderating operating committee forums, to keep cross-functional Systems decision-makers highly informed of roadmaps and project status, development and testing outcomes, and production support issues.
Partner with a various set of stakeholders to get things done, from Finance and Accounting to Business Operations and Engineering.
Assess financial data systems independently and as a part of an ecosystem within Google Cloud, producing high-quality documentation and process flows, identifying opportunities for new features, process automation, and risk-mitigating controls.
Build exceptional comprehension of the Financial data systems within Google Cloud, recommending improvements and quickly troubleshooting production issues when they do arise.