Business Finance Analyst

Google; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is hiring a Financial Analyst to drive business strategy across Google Ads Products. The successful candidate will provide analytical insights and recommendations to senior management, ensuring sound financial decisions. The role demands strong analytical skills, financial modeling expertise, and excellent communication abilities. Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field and four years of relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to work in a dynamic team at a top tech firm.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
• Experience with building data infrastructure and implementing reporting solutions.
• Impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions.

Responsibilities

• Drive business and product strategy across Google Ads Products.
• Provide management with clear insights and recommendations into drivers of revenue.
• Influence with data and articulate key insights to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Financial Modeling

SQL

Data Visualization

Analytical Skills

Excellent Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field

Job description

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
  
• Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
  
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
  
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of departments.
  
• Excellent problem-solving and technical (e.g., Financial Modeling, SQL, Data Viz) skills working with large volumes of complex data

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. 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.

Business Finance is part of Google’s Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization, providing financial and analytical support to Google’s business organization. Our work is integral to the strategic decision-making and operations of the commercial teams across all our advertising products. From understanding market and usage trends to exploring the productivity and return of our various investments, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the commercial leaders.
The APAC GCS Finance team partners with sales and cross-functional leadership to provide analytical insights and recommendations on key business decisions. We are responsible for core operations such as forecasting and budgeting, and act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team on topics such as business performance, risks and opportunities, market acceleration plans and resource allocation.

Responsibilities

• Drive business and product strategy across Google Ads Products.
  
• Be a trusted advisor to Sales Leaders (Director+) on business performance and finance related priorities. Provide management with clear insights and recommendations into drivers of revenue, market trends, risks, and opportunities leading to revenue enhancing sales & product actions.
  
• Lead analytical deep dives independently and/or in partnership with cross-functional partners, bringing clarity to the biggest and most complex problems facing Google.
  
• Influence with data and articulate key insights to senior stakeholders to drive sound business decision making

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.