Senior Finance Manager, Technical Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 14 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.
• Experience building, developing and leading a team.
• Experience with SQL.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and execute initiatives.
• Experience in financial modeling and business case development, with a track record of driving data-driven decision-making.
• Experience at a strategy or boutique consulting firm, demonstrating a high degree of professional excellence and problem-solving.
• Knowledge of supply chain operations, specifically within the semiconductor or hardware industries, including a technical understanding of server components and assembly.
• Ability to synthesize complicated analysis and logic into clear, concise, and actionable solutions for different audiences.

About the job

Technical Infrastructure (TI) is the foundation of Google - the global data centers, networks and integrating hardware and software that powers both our unique customer products and services and our internal operations.

As a Senior Finance Manager and business partner to several of TI’s executive leadership team, you will manage major elements of Financial Planning and Analysis’ support of this critical and complex business area. You will have strong financial leadership spanning planning, process and risk management, control, opportunity identification and analytics. Additionally, you will have a strong track record of success operating as a leader and influencing complex businesses.

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.

As a Senior Finance Manager and business partner to several of TI’s executive leadership team, you will manage major elements of Financial Planning and Analysis’ support of this critical and complex business area. You will have strong financial leadership spanning planning, process and risk management, control, opportunity identification and analytics. Additionally, you will have a strong track record of success operating as a leader and influencing complex businesses.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global Commodity Management (GCM) and Integrated Planning (IP) teams to lead the annual planning process, providing the subject matter expertise needed to drive targeted investment decisions.
• Direct comprehensive financial reviews and inventory forecasting for executive leadership, ensuring alignment between operational goals and financial performance.
• Design and implement key performance metrics and automated analytical tools to streamline reporting and provide a clear view of global operational health.
• Manage end-to-end financial cycles, including capital expenditure/operational expenditure forecasting and spend approval processes, to maintain fiscal discipline.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to automate data workflows and scale process improvements, transforming complex analysis into clear, actionable executive insights.