Financial Analyst, Search Ecosystems

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Financial Analyst to support Search Ecosystems from our offices in Mountain View and New York. The role focuses on robust FP&A activities, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational context.

You will work with teams across Product, Engineering, and Partnerships to drive informed decision-making and strategic resource allocation. The position blends detailed financial analysis with higher-level business judgment, contributing

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis of datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks with coordinated resource allocation to maximize opportunities.
• Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, and changing circumstances.
• Lead the financial evaluation, scoping, and modeling of partnerships, licensing, and remuneration structures for AI technologies.
• Collaborate with finance and cross-functional teams to iterate on the Long Range Plan and manage resource allocations for AI products and programs.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Economics/Statistics

Tools

Data pipelines

Reporting solutions

Job description

Financial Analyst, Search Ecosystems

Google Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA

Mid

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

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.

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.
• Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
• Strong data analytics background ability to independently liaise with partners in Product, Engineering, Partnerships to understand datasets and run analyses

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

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Responsibilities

• Perform analysis of datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
• Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, organizational implications, and changing circumstances.
• Lead the financial evaluation, scoping, and modeling of potential partnerships, licensing agreements, and scaled remuneration structures for Generative AI technologies and ecosystem incentives.
• Collaborate with broader finance and cross-functional colleagues to iterate on the Long Range Plan (LRP), build robust investment theses, and manage resource allocations for nascent and rapidly evolving AI products and ecosystem programs.

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