Senior Financial Analyst I

Senior Financial Analyst I

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelors 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 FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.

• Experience with programming (i.e. SQL).

Preferred qualifications:

• 7 years of experience in finance, management consulting, corporate strategy, or similar environment.
• Strong in SQL or comparable data analytics tools for data extraction, manipulation, and presentation via dashboards.
• Demonstrated success in building cross-functional partnerships, thriving in dynamic environments, and driving operational excellence.
• Aptitude for leveraging investigative skills to develop compelling business cases.
• Capacity to influence stakeholders at all levels within a matrixed organization.

About the job

Financial Analysts ensure that Google makes sound financial decisions. As a Financial Analyst, your work, whether its 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, youll lead individual projects to transform planning, tracking and control processes. Youll provide senior level management with insightful recommendations, planning and reporting support.

In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to business leadership, ensuring meaningful resource allocation and driving intelligent scenario planning to maximize value and improve operations.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Unit and Finance leaders to deliver tailored guidance while coaching junior analysts to uphold high standards in data integrity.
• Architect and manage enterprise-grade models for planning, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, headcount planning, and scenario modeling.
• Drive end-to-end profit and loss (P&L) and spend management for Core AI Systems and AI Foundations across key cycles, including MEC, forecasting, AOP, and LRP.
• Perform value-creation and financial analyses, delivering regular reporting and executive-ready narratives with actionable business recommendations.
• Streamline financial workflows and drive operational efficiency by leveraging emerging technologies and AI to automate manual processes.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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