Financial Analyst, YouTube Deal Analysis

YouTube; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Share Financial Analyst for YouTube Deal Analysis. The role centers on FP&A, modeling commercial deals, and delivering data-driven insights to guide executive decisions.

Responsibilities include cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and legal teams; building scalable analyses, ensuring forecasts and controls, and presenting concise narratives to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in FP&A, consulting, or related function, or 2 years with an advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, build, represent, and defend financial analyses of new commercial agreements and business cases.
• Work cross-functionally to support decision-making for new spend initiatives and business trade-offs, presenting a Finance Point of View to guide long-term outcomes.
• Ensure accuracy and financial controls throughout the agreement process and align with Engineering, Product Management, and Accounting to maintain data integrity.

Skills

SQL

Data storytelling

Executive communication

Education

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

Advanced degree (MS/MBA)

Job description

Share Financial Analyst, YouTube Deal Analysis

• 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 2 years with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• Proficiency with SQL or similar database querying languages and database schema, or a willingness to learn.
• Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an unstructured environment, and comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Ability to persuade through disciplined use of data with comfort distilling complex topics into concise narratives for executive consumption.
• Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills, combined with impeccable business judgment, leadership skills and ability to communicate with executives and executive management teams.
• Exceptional dexterity with presentation and spreadsheet tools.

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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• Analyze, build, represent, and defend financial analyses of new commercial agreements and business cases, developing data-driven Finance Points of View on how to maximize long-term value for YouTube.
• Work cross-functionally to support decision-making for new spend initiatives and business trade-offs, developing and representing a Finance Point of View to help drive the organization toward the right long-term outcomes, and ensuring that financial considerations are taken into account where appropriate across commercial partnership proposals.
• Ensure accuracy and financial controls throughout the agreement process (e.g., minimal forecast variance, structured performance reporting, and alignment with Engineering, Product Management, and Accounting to maintain data integrity).

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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