Strategic Finance Analyst, Google Customer Solutions Finance

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Budgeting, Business Model, Business Operations, Business Solutions, Business Strategy, Communication Skills, Consulting, Cross-Functional, Database Programming Languages, Database Technology, Device Drivers, Economics, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Trend Analysis, Forecasting, Mathematics, Multitasking, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Python Programming/Scripting Language, R Programming Language, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Revenue Growth, SQL (Structured Query Language), Sales, Sales Strategy, Small Business, Statistics, Statistics Software, Strategic Analysis, Thought Leadership, Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • 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.
  • Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
  • Experience with database languages (e.g., SQL) or statistical software (e.g., R, Python).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience using SQL to extract and manipulate data, building reporting dashboards.
  • Combines strong business judgment with the ability to motivate teams and effectively influence senior stakeholders.
  • Skilled in financial modeling and trend analysis, with the communication skills necessary to translate complex data into actionable insights.
  • Skilled at working in an unstructured environment, navigating ambiguity, managing multiple assignments simultaneously and bringing clarity and structure as you go.
  • Track record of partnering across technical, business, and operations departments to drive results.
  • Desire to work on large, novel analytical challenges by bringing structure and clarity to highly ambiguous, unstructured environments.

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 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $141000 - $206000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Drive business strategy and accountability across Google Customer Solutions Americas Small Business Solutions (SBS) programs, through delivery of key program insights on drivers of performance. 
  • Act as a trusted advisor primarily to the US SBS VP and SBS sales leaders from other markets on business performance, with a focus on key growth drivers. Provide thought leadership and insights on incremental revenue growth. 
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, specifically AMER Revenue Strategy & Ops and AMER product sales activation for an understanding of drivers of performance. Support activation of key sales strategies through regular tracking and monitoring of progress. 
  • Define financial analysis objectives and needs for your area of the business, and effectively prioritize activities.
  • Communicate insights effectively to senior audiences by simplifying technical complexity and through clear narratives focusing on the “bigger picture” and  actionable insights.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V