Google

Financial Analyst, Cloud Finance

Google$116K — $167K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
  • 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) or consulting, or an advanced degree.
  • Proven experience in executing full-cycle FP&A functions in a multinational company.

Responsibilities

  • Develop AI-driven financial frameworks and automate key processes including forecasting and variance analysis.
  • Define and drive frameworks for financial KPIs, translating data into actionable insights.
  • Deliver data-driven financial analysis and recommendations as a principal advisor.
  • Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives to shape strategic direction and evaluate ROI.
  • Leverage advanced AI tools for process transformation and automated reporting.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to stakeholders to influence decision-making and align with financial targets.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • Retirement benefits with a 401(k) company match.
  • 20 days of paid vacation per year, escalating with tenure.
  • 40 hours of sick time per year, with additional provisions for Seattle.
  • Comprehensive maternity and baby bonding leave.
  • 13 paid holidays per year.
Full 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: Kirkland, WA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

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

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with building financial reporting, produce analysis, implementing scalable monitoring and implementing reporting solutions.
  • Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
  • Experience influencing and partnering with business stakeholders.
  • Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision-making with numerical analysis and generating insights.


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. Working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to take on big picture challenges.

As someone who knows the workings of the core Finance team inside and out, you'll lead individual projects to transform planning, tracking and control processes. You'll provide executive level management with insightful recommendations, planning and reporting support.

As a part of the Cloud Finance team, you will be at the epicenter of Google Cloud's physical and digital expansion. You will ensure that 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, you will provide the financial and strategic insight necessary to scale global footprint and lead the AI revolution.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 - $167000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Develop AI-first financial frameworks and automate core processes, including complex forecasting, long-range planning (LRP), month-end close, and sophisticated variance analysis.
  • Define and drive framework for financial
    Key Performance Indicator (KPIs) and business metrics, translating complex performance data into actionable business intelligence to drive leadership accountability and growth strategies.
  • Deliver sophisticated, data-driven financial analysis and recommendations as a principal financial advisor, while leading high-impact, cross-functional initiatives to shape strategic direction, evaluate Return on Investment (ROI), and optimize resource allocation.
  • Drive comprehensive process transformation and scaling initiatives by driving the adoption and integration of advanced AI tools and automated reporting by strategically directing central team partnerships.
  • Partner with stakeholders across Sales, Product, BD, and Controllership as a trusted strategic advisor and financial thought leader, influencing executive decision-making and ensuring alignment between functional roadmaps and corporate financial targets.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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