Financial Analyst, Compute Infrastructure Business

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Financial Analyst to drive FP&A for the Compute Engine portfolio, shaping budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial insight across Cloud initiatives. You will partner with Product Management and Finance to steer pricing, roadmap prioritization, and go-to-market decisions, delivering profitability visibility and executive-ready reports.

The role emphasizes transforming planning, tracking, and control processes and contributing to balanced capital deployment across Google

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field.
• 4 years of experience in FP&A, consulting, or related function.
• Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with SQL.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for the Google Compute Engine product portfolio, providing in-depth analysis to optimize financial performance.
• Manage product strategy through monthly and quarterly gross margin reviews and financial forecasting.
• Partner with Product Management and Finance teams to drive business decisions, including product roadmap prioritization, internal and external pricing, and optimizing customer discounts.
• Support Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives and New Product Introductions (NPI) by conducting unit economics analyses and Profit and Loss impact assessments in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Align Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operating Expenditure (OpEx) investments with demand and contribute to efficient resource allocations by partnering with Capacity and Product Finance teams.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial modeling

SQL

Education

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

Job description

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.

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 SQL.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in business strategy and cloud strategy.
• Experience with communication strategy and presenting financial insights.
• Knowledge of the Cloud and Software industry, including different roles and incentives.

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 company decisions. Working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to take on big picture issues.

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 executive level management with insightful recommendations, planning and reporting support.

Cloud is a priority for Google. We develop groundbreaking solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Workspace, to enable our clients’ digital transformation. Our department ensures that Capacity and Technical Infrastructure organizations make sound commercial choices for investments in the enterprise. We are an important advisor to division leaders, providing analytical and strategic guidance.

In this role within the Planning and Analysis (FP&A) group, you will focus on Compute Infrastructure, specifically steering the core Compute Engine suite. You will guide critical operational choices, such as feature sequencing and rate calibration, while delivering bottom-line visibility through profitability assessments. You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to support commercial rollouts, new launches, and balanced capital deployment.

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

Responsibilities

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• Manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for the Google Compute Engine product portfolio, providing in-depth analysis to optimize financial performance.
• Manage product strategy through monthly and quarterly gross margin reviews and financial forecasting.
• Partner with Product Management and Finance teams to drive business decisions, including product roadmap prioritization, internal and external pricing, and optimizing customer discounts.
• Support Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives and New Product Introductions (NPI) by conducting unit economics analyses and Profit and Loss impact assessments in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Align Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operating Expenditure (OpEx) investments with demand and contribute to efficient resource allocations by partnering with Capacity and Product Finance teams.

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 .