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.
• 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.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with a professional services business (preferably in the technology industry).
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, and experience generating insights/themes working with large and complex datasets and building models and dashboards (data visualization).
• Familiarity with the SaaS/Cloud industry and knowledge of services/consulting, partner ecosystem, key metrics (bookings, backlog, revenue), P&L management, revenue recognition rules, and deals structures.
• Ability to self-direct in an unstructured, fast-paced environment, and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Effective communicator and ability to communicate complex topics with cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders and form strong working relationships across business and technical functions.
  
  

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 senior level management with insightful recommendations, planning and reporting support.

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. The Google Cloud Consulting Finance team ensures that Professional Services Sales, Customer Project Delivery, Customer Success and Account Management organizations make sound financial decisions. We are an important partner and independent advisor to the Cloud Consulting Leaders, providing them financial, analytical and strategic insight.

We are responsible for full P&L management, which includes: forecasting/planning for revenue and expenses, financial reporting, cost management, top line analysis and evaluating strategic investments.

This will be a critical role in partnering with leadership to provide visibility into business performance and influencing decision-making at both the global and regional level.

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 - $206000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Create monthly P&Ls for global services businesses and coordinate with regional finance leaders to facilitate accurate financial reporting and performance commentary. Lead comprehensive financial analysis while developing and maintaining spend forecasts.
• Provide recommendations to improve efficiency & scale based on robust financial analysis and critical thinking. Communicate findings to central finance teams.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning cycles from a global perspective while driving collaboration with regional cross-functional teams. Prepare executive-level reports, conduct variance analysis.
• Support revenue processes to maintain accurate reporting data integrity in alignment with accounting requirements.
• Direct strategy and program management for finance process and tool enhancements, utilizing *AI and automated synthesis* to transition from descriptive reporting to predictive insights.
  
  
  

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 .