Senior Financial Analyst

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and disa

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time and paid holidays

Maternity leave and baby bonding

Seattle-specific sick time adjustments

Equity and bonus potential

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Financial Analyst to support cloud finance, performance tracking, and scenario modeling. You will contribute to strategic decision-making by building detailed economic models, forecasting profitability, and presenting insights to leadership.

The role involves collaboration with engineering, product, and strategy teams across multiple locations. In this role, you will work on capacity planning, P&L analysis, and investment evaluation to support cloud initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in FP&A, consulting, or related function, or 5 years with relevant advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Work with Capacity, TI and DC planning to anticipate capacity constraints and improve unit economics.
• Develop robust P&L and margin models for executive leadership.
• Create NPV and cash flow models to evaluate profitability for future platforms and benchmark against competitors.
• Collaborate with Engineering, TI, and PM to analyze performance and TCO for AI product SKUs for proposals.
• Partner with Cloud Product, Capacity and Engineering on efficiency initiatives and targets.

Education

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

Job description

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X 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.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or 5 years with a relevant advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of Cloud infrastructure, AI/ML hardware (GPUs/custom silicon).
• Proven track record of streamlining complex, cross-functional planning cycles and building "single source of truth" models for complex and capital intensive infrastructure planning mechanisms.
• Ability to balance immediate free cash flow maximization with long-term strategic priorities in a fast-paced, unstructured environment.
• Advanced investigative skills, including experience with SQL, large datasets, and integrated financial systems.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence Directors and VPs across Engineering, Product, Strategy.

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.

Cloud is a strategic priority for Google. We develop groundbreaking cloud solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace, to enable our clients’ digital transformation.
Our Finance team ensures that Cloud Product, Capacity and TI organizations make sound financial decisions for investments in the Cloud business. We are an important partner and independent advisor to the Cloud leaders, providing them financial, investigative and strategic insight.

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.

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.

Cloud is a strategic priority for Google. We develop groundbreaking cloud solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace, to enable our clients’ digital transformation.
Our Finance team ensures that Cloud Product, Capacity and TI organizations make sound financial decisions for investments in the Cloud business. We are an important partner and independent advisor to the Cloud leaders, providing them financial, investigative and strategic insight.

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: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Work alongside Capacity, TI and DC planning to anticipate capacity constraints and implement efficiency gains that improve unit economics and overall Profit and Loss (P&L).
• Develop robust P&L and Margin models to articulate margin drivers to the executive leadership.
• Develop NPV and cash flow models to evaluate profitability for future NPI platforms and benchmark against other competitive products.
• Partner with Engineering, TI, and PM to analyze the performance and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for AI Product SKUs, incorporating these insights into customer proposals.
• Partner with Cloud Product, Capacity and Engineering on various efficiency initiatives to utilize infra and develop next year efficiency targets

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Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.