Senior Analyst, Finance Optimization Office

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, a similar quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, a related function, or an advanced degree.
• Experience with Accounting, Financial Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Project Planning, Program Management, Product Roadmap, System Architecture, and SQL.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments.
• Experience with strategic and operational initiatives, across multiple products, functions, and geographies.
• Experience with financial statements and journal entries, as well as financial data systems architecture and controls.
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
• Ability to navigate datasets and pipelines as well as join data sets in SQL and BigQuery.

About The Job

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. While working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.

The Systems team within the Google Cloud Finance Optimization Office is a group of subject matter experts who shape the systems and tools landscape for the Cloud organization as it relates to business growth, Bookings, Backlog and Sales Compensation financial data and processes. In this role, you’ll leverage finance, accounting, systems architecture, and production support knowledge to create scalable solutions.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $137,000-$201,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design efforts to further enhance Financial data systems or processes. Translate systems feedback from end users into requirements for Engineering.
• Execute change management, including moderating operating committee forums to keep executives and cross-functional systems decision-makers informed of roadmaps and project status, development and testing outcomes, and production support issues.
• Assess financial data systems independently and as a part of a broader ecosystem within Google Cloud, producing documentation and process flows, identifying opportunities for new features, process automation, and risk-mitigating controls.