Senior Financial Analyst I

Google; Kirkland (WA); 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

Paid time off

Job summary

Google is hiring in Kirkland, WA for a senior FP&A-focused role within the Cloud finance team. The position emphasizes driving budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling across multinational operations.

Responsibilities include building P&L and margin models, evaluating NPV and cash flows for new platforms, and partnering with Eng/PM to assess TCO and drive efficiency initiatives. Competitive compensation and benefits apply.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work with Capacity, TI and DC planning to anticipate capacity constraints and improve unit economics.
• Develop P&L and margin models for executive leadership.
• Create NPV and cash flow models for future platforms and benchmark against competitors.
• Analyze Total Cost of Ownership for AI Product SKUs and inform proposals.
• Collaborate with Cloud Product, Capacity and Engineering on efficiency initiatives.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Integrated financial systems

Large datasets

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.
• Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with SQL, large datasets, and integrated financial systems including advanced investigative skills.
• Deep knowledge of Cloud infrastructure, AI/ML hardware (e.g., GPUs/custom silicon).
• Ability to balance immediate free cash flow maximization with long-term priorities in a changing, unstructured environment.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence Directors and VPs across Engineering, Product, Strategy.
• 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.

About the job

Cloud is a 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 advisor to the Cloud leaders, providing them financial, investigative insight. 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

Responsibilities

• 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 profit and loss 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 goals.

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.

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