Senior Financial Analyst I

Google LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO 20 days per year

Sick leave 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a seasoned Cloud Finance FP&A professional to drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning cycles for Cloud Support. You will partner with Controllership, Vendor Management, Product Finance, and Engineering to translate data into actionable insights, shape pricing strategies, and oversee cost analyses for a multinational environment.

The role offers a path to influence critical financial decisions across multiple geographies, with a strong emphasis on business

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 a related function, or an advanced degree.
• Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with SQL.

Responsibilities

• Drive Cloud Support’s financial planning cycles, including annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting.
• Lead the Support profit and loss and lead spend forecasting. Partner with Controllership and Vendor Management to drive operational efficiencies and optimize support investments.
• Serve as a strategic financial advisor to Cloud Support Leadership. Partner with Product Finance and Engineering to translate financial data into actionable insights that drive performance.
• Lead the finance function for new offers and pricing strategies, collaborating with Business Planning on cost analysis, business projections, and profitability.
• Lead initiatives, such as Support Transformation 2.0, providing financial expertise to assess program impact and ensure alignment.

Skills

FP&A experience

Education

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

Tools

SQL

Job description

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.

Minimum qualifications

• 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 an advanced degree.
• 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 with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
• Experience in developing strategies in changing engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
• Leadership experience with complex strategic and operational initiatives, across multiple products, functions, and geographies.
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
• Proven ability to influence and build effective working relationships with senior-level stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of departments.

About the job

The Cloud Finance team is at the epicenter of Google Cloud’s physical and digital expansion. We ensure that our infrastructure investments are strategically sound, operationally efficient, and aligned with our long-term financial goals, driving profitable growth for Google Cloud. As a key partner to the Engineering, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Product, GTM Sales and Services organizations, we provide the financial insight necessary to scale our global footprint and lead the AI revolution. 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.

Responsibilities

• Drive Cloud Support’s financial planning cycles, including annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting. Develop business models and cost-per-business analysis to identify trends and growth opportunities.
• Lead the Support profit and loss and lead spend forecasting. Partner with Controllership and Vendor Management to drive operational efficiencies and optimize support investments.
• Serve as a strategic financial advisor to Cloud Support Leadership. Partner with Product Finance and Engineering to translate financial data into actionable insights that drive performance.
• Lead the finance function for new offers and pricing strategies, collaborating with Business Planning on cost analysis, business projections, and profitability.
• Lead initiatives, such as Support Transformation 2.0, providing financial expertise to assess program impact and ensure alignment.

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.