Google

Financial Analyst, Compute Infrastructure Business

Google • $116K — $166K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related quantitative field.
  • 4 years of FP&A, consulting, or similar experience.
  • Experience managing full-cycle FP&A tasks in a multinational environment.
  • Proficient in SQL.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for the Google Compute Engine product portfolio.
  • Conduct monthly and quarterly gross margin reviews and financial forecasting.
  • Collaborate with Product Management and Finance to guide business decisions.
  • Analyze unit economics and P&L impacts for GTM initiatives and NPIs.
  • Align CapEx and OpEx investments with demand by working alongside Capacity and Product Finance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
  • Generous paid time off policy including holidays and parental leave.
  • Professional development opportunities and training.
  • Employee perks such as discounts and wellness resources.
Full Job Description
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X 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.

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.
  • 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 in business strategy and cloud strategy.
  • Experience with communication strategy and presenting financial insights.
  • Knowledge of the Cloud and Software industry, including different roles and incentives.


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

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.

Cloud is a priority for Google. We develop groundbreaking solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Workspace, to enable our clients' digital transformation. Our department ensures that Capacity and Technical Infrastructure organizations make sound commercial choices for investments in the enterprise. We are an important advisor to division leaders, providing analytical and strategic guidance.

In this role within the Planning and Analysis (FP&A) group, you will focus on Compute Infrastructure, specifically steering the core Compute Engine suite. You will guide critical operational choices, such as feature sequencing and rate calibration, while delivering bottom-line visibility through profitability assessments. You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to support commercial rollouts, new launches, and balanced capital deployment.
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 - $166000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Manage the Profit and Loss (P&L) for the Google Compute Engine product portfolio, providing in-depth analysis to optimize financial performance.
  • Manage product strategy through monthly and quarterly gross margin reviews and financial forecasting.
  • Partner with Product Management and Finance teams to drive business decisions, including product roadmap prioritization, internal and external pricing, and optimizing customer discounts.
  • Support Go-To-Market (GTM) initiatives and New Product Introductions (NPI) by conducting unit economics analyses and Profit and Loss impact assessments in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Align Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operating Expenditure (OpEx) investments with demand and contribute to efficient resource allocations by partnering with Capacity and Product Finance teams.


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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.
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156,500 employees
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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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Revenue
$182.5 billion
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