Senior FP&A Analyst - Commercial Finance
About The Position
Waymo is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst for Commercial Finance. The role partners with teams across Waymo to assess revenue forecast assumptions, build financial models and processes for tracking performance, and use financial data and research to derive strategic insights and guide business decisions. The analyst supports business review forums and strategic analyses, and prepares executive presentations that explain revenue trends and their commercial implications to senior leadership. The position follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Head of Strategic, Commercial, and Deals Finance. The full-time role offers a base salary range of $168,000–$207,000 USD across US locations. Starting pay depends on factors including location, experience, training, education, and skills. Employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of experience in Revenue Finance, Go-To-Market Finance, Commercial Finance, and/or Strategic Finance.
- Exceptional financial modeling skills, including the ability to build complex, driver-based models from scratch.
- Strong familiarity with financial statements.
- Strategic and critical thinking, including the ability to anticipate commercial implications of marketing and product decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of influencing decision-making through objective analysis.
- Ability to prioritize assignments, navigate ambiguity, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
- BS, BA, or MBA in Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
Nice To Haves
- Deep knowledge of the rideshare, transportation, or autonomous vehicle industries.
- Experience at high-growth consumer technology companies with SaaS-like business models.
- Experience partnering with Marketing Finance to analyze user acquisition and retention trends and optimize LTV:CAC ratios.
- Experience with forecasting tools such as Anaplan and systematizing budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Familiarity with SQL or experience working closely with Data Science teams to extract and manipulate large datasets.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Waymo teams to analyze and pressure-test revenue forecast assumptions and drivers.
- Build financial models, processes, and systems to track actual performance against forecasts and plans, and develop methods for attributing variances.
- Derive strategic insights and lead business action using financial data and independent or external research.
- Partner with business stakeholders to provide financial oversight for decisions, including supporting business review forums and strategic analyses.
- Develop executive presentations that translate revenue trends into clear commercial outcomes for senior leadership.
Benefits
- Eligibility to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Eligibility to participate in Waymo’s equity incentive plan, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Generous company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
