Senior Business Systems Analyst, Financial Planning Engineering

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in San Jose seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst for FP&A engineering to translate needs into technical specifications and deliver scalable FP&A solutions for planning and forecasting.

You will partner with finance and engineering teams, own system delivery roadmaps, manage data models, and ensure compliance with controls while guiding implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience building integrated systems throughout the entire lifecycle.
• 12 years of experience designing and implementing financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal business teams to develop FP&A roadmaps and system requirements.
• Plan, prioritize, deliver, and support FP&A planning and forecasting tools.
• Execute system implementation projects including requirements documentation, systems design, model building/configuration, testing, issue identification and bug resolution.
• Identify constraints and dependencies for technical solutions and effectively manage/communicate to the stakeholders.
• Perform data analysis and reconciliations to identify opportunities for process and technical improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial systems

Data analysis

ERP systems

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Business Systems Analyst, Financial Planning Engineering

Google | San Jose, CA, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 12 years of experience building integrated systems throughout the entire lifecycle (e.g., analyze, design, build, test, implement, and support).
  
• 12 years of experience designing and implementing financial systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with systems that manage sensitive data and with SOX controls and change management processes.
• FP&A domain knowledge and experience implementing planning tools.
• Understanding of ERP systems and data.
• Excellent people management and communication skills, strong problem-solving skills, and ability to agree with ambiguity in a rapidly changing business environment.
  
• Track record in working on cross-functional team projects spanning multiple locations.

About the job

At Google, we work at lightning speed. So when things get in the way of progress, the Business Systems Integration team steps in to remove those roadblocks. The team identifies time-consuming internal processes and then builds solutions that are reliable and scalable enough to work within the size and scope of the company. You listen to and translate Googler needs into high-level technical specifications, design and develop recommended systems and consult with Google executives to ensure smooth implementation. Whether battling large system processes or leveraging our homegrown suite of Google products for Googlers themselves, you help Googlers work faster and more efficiently.

With your technical expertise, you build business applications and influence the design of features that improve the reliability of our applications and systems. You also define the scope of technical projects and oversee execution.

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 decisions across Google products.

The Finance Engineering Plan to Management (also known as (aka) Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Engineering) team provides leadership and expertise to deliver transformative solutions related to financial planning and forecasting across Google. This includes long range planning, annual planning and forecasting processes across Google's Profit and Loss (P&L), in addition to Workforce Planning.

At Corp Eng, we build world-leading business solutions that scale a more helpful Google for everyone. As Google’s IT organization, we provide end-to-end solutions for organizations across Google. We deliver the right tools, platforms, and experiences for all Googlers as they create more helpful products and services for everyone. In the simplest terms, we are Google for Googlers.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $236000 - $329000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal business teams and stakeholders in developing delivery roadmaps and associated system requirements for FP&A planning processes.
  
• Plan, prioritize, deliver, and support systems solutions related to FP&A planning and forecasting tools.
  
• Execute on system implementation projects which involves requirements documentation, systems design, model building/configuration, testing, issue identification and bug resolution.
  
• Identify constraints and dependencies for technical solutions and effectively manage/communicate to the stakeholders.
  
• Perform data analysis and reconciliations, identifying opportunities for process and technical improvement.

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