Cloud Workforce Planning Analyst

Google; Kirkland (WA); Presencial; USD 116.000 - 166.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick time 40 hours/yr

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Descripción de la vacante

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a senior FP&A leader to drive budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for the Google Cloud business. You will build financial models, lead headcount and payroll cost planning, and deliver insights to partners across engineering and GTM teams.

Join a team focused on scalable processes, data-driven decision making, and a competitive benefits package, with a 15% bonus target and equity consideration.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• 4 years of FP&A, consulting, or related function.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling in a multinational company.
• Experience with programming (SQL).

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain financial models for planning and decision-making.
• Drive headcount and payroll cost planning and forecasting for Google Cloud.
• Oversee analytics for Headcount and Payroll at enterprise scale with actionable insights.
• Lead Long Range Planning (LRP) and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) cycles.
• Support productivity analysis and modeling across GTM and Engineering.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Quantitative decision making

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Educación

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

Herramientas

SQL

Looker

Tableau

PLX

Descripción del empleo

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

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.
• 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 financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, strategy, or workforce planning experience, with expertise managing enterprise-scale goals payroll budgets and large global workforces.
• Experience designing complex workforce strategies, structuring large headcount datasets, and delivering talent recommendations to executives.
• Experience developing strategies in a changing engaged environments with impeccable business judgment for resource allocation.
• Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing data schemas, building pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions (SQL, PLX, Looker, Tableau).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across a wide variety of departments, take complete project ownership, set clear objectives, and drive results.

About the job

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: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial models to underpin business planning and critical decision-making, encompassing forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, workforce planning, allocation analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Drive Google Cloud Headcount (HC) and Payroll cost planning and forecasting, ensuring seamless partnership, transparency, and execution across organizations to drive deep fiscal accountability.
• Oversee central analytics and provide subject matter expertise for Headcount and Payroll at enterprise scale, delivering actionable insights and planning guidance to business partners.
• Lead the orchestration of complex planning cycles, including Long Range Planning (LRP) and the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), establishing timelines, templates, and consolidation models to ensure alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Support productivity analysis and modeling across GTM and Engineering, leveraging key productivity metrics (e.g., CAC payback, R&D spend) to optimize global talent distribution and evaluate internal AI efficiency gains.

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.