Senior Financial Analyst, Search and Maps, Marketing Finance

Google•Mountain View, CA

3d•$141,000 - $205,000

About The Position

At Google, the Marketing Finance team operates at the intersection of strategy, investment, and analytics. It is a highly analytical, global team focused on maximizing returns through thought leadership and collaborative partnerships while ensuring robust quality controls for Marketing’s operating expense budget. The team develops strategic insights and creative solutions to broad business challenges. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will serve as a strategic financial advisor supporting marketing investments across Google Search and Maps. You will lead high-impact finance workflows, including long-range planning, capital allocation modeling, performance measurement, and executive reporting. You will partner with Marketing, Product Area Finance, and central analytics teams to optimize marketing effectiveness, refine ROI methodologies, and support executive decision-making. The role calls for a strategic, highly analytical finance professional who can establish investment frameworks, build cross-functional partnerships, and lead AI-driven innovations across core finance processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
Experience executing full-cycle financial planning and analysis functions, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
Experience with programming, such as SQL.

Nice To Haves

Experience leveraging AI tools to drive operational efficiency, automate legacy financial reporting, and lead team-wide digital initiatives.
Experience with enterprise financial systems, such as SAP, and business intelligence tools.
Prior experience supporting the marketing function and a solid understanding of key marketing metrics and ROI frameworks.
Proven ability to build sophisticated quantitative frameworks for spend optimization, international market prioritization, and cross-channel trade-offs.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of synthesizing complex quantitative metrics into compelling executive narratives for senior management.

Responsibilities

Lead long-range planning and annual budget allocation across Search and Maps Marketing.
Develop and refine investment frameworks, country prioritization models, and spending guardrails to optimize returns across global markets and initiatives.
Partner with central analytics teams to improve the fidelity of measurement approaches.
Articulate the strategic and financial value of brand and engagement campaigns, and continuously improve ROI methodology.
Establish standardized performance reporting and deliver strategic deep-dives for Marketing and Finance leadership.
Partner with Marketing leadership to prepare Quarterly Business Reviews and executive performance updates.
Support Search and Maps Marketing budget operations by executing high-impact projects and analysis, and rapid-response financial modeling for time-sensitive business decisions.
Pilot and scale AI solutions to automate core financial workflows and improve operational efficiency.