Senior Strategic Financial Analyst, Chip Development

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

20h•$137,000 - $201,000

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. Our team seeks to enable and empower Google's Engineering and Infrastructure leaders to steer the technology and R&D road map towards financially optimal outcomes via scalable processes, quantitative analysis, strong FP&A governance, and the translation of complexities into actionable insights. As the Silicon Financial & Competitive Analysis Senior Analyst, you will play a critical, cross-functional role at the intersection of finance, engineering, and supply chain. Your primary mandate will be to drive a deep, competitive understanding of the silicon manufacturing and supply chain landscape (e.g., custom TPUs, CPUs, and accelerators) to inform long-term financial strategy and market positioning. You will be the go-to expert for quantifying the cost and competitive implications of silicon design, fabrication, and post-fab processes. This role requires an individual who can model the economic relationships between design choices, manufacturing techniques, supplier agreements, and final product delivery. 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, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting deep competitive intelligence, modeling competitor gross margins, and identifying core cost drivers for silicon companies.
In-depth knowledge of global semiconductor supply chain dynamics, operational risks, and experience analyzing large-scale capital investments and long-term supply agreements.
Understanding of the end-to-end semiconductor fabrication process, from silicon ingot to advanced packaging, test, and assembly.
Familiarity with the cost-per-transistor, yield characteristics, and economics of current and next-generation process nodes (e.g., 5nm, 3nm).
Ability to build sophisticated financial models (e.g., NPV, DCF, TCO) tailored for high-capital-expenditure and long-cycle time semiconductor projects.
Technical semiconductor expertise, including financial and supply chain acumen.

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 senior 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 architecting sophisticated multi-year financial models, including NPV and TCO, and presenting the critical economic insights that guide major engineering program decisions during high-stakes business case reviews.
Pioneer financial innovation within TI, leading transformational projects to develop cutting-edge, novel metrics for custom silicon and AI technologies, automating critical workstreams, and establishing consolidated, transparent program tracking.