Financial Analyst

Job Description

Financial Analyst, Cloud Finance | Google

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Google, located in Chicago, IL, with other locations including Kirkland, WA, and Sunnyvale, CA, also available. Google is a global technology company focused on making sound financial decisions across its wide range of products. This role is crucial for ensuring strategic company decisions are well-informed, acting as a liaison between the Finance team and various functional areas it supports. You will provide in-depth analysis used by leaders to make critical company decisions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Chicago, IL
• Pay: $95000–$136000 yearly
• Team: Finance organization, partnering across business functions
• Mission: Ensure Google’s financial decisions are sound by delivering insightful analysis for strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Tech Stack: SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Model complex business scenarios and track performance metrics to support strategic company decisions and provide essential insights to leadership.
• Resolve financial issues related to forecasting, planning, resource prioritization, and overall business profitability across various functional areas.
• Perform in-depth analysis of large datasets to extract relevant information, identify critical trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize financial risks, then strategically apply resources to minimize potential negative impacts or maximize opportunities for growth.
• Manage financial projects involving multiple stakeholders, adhering to timelines and navigating organizational implications and changing circumstances effectively.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 2 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.
• Skills: Proficiency in programming, specifically SQL; expertise in executing full-cycle FP&A functions, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling; ability to work with data to produce analysis, influence decision making with numerical analysis, and generate insights.
• Bonus: Experience building financial reporting and implementing scalable monitoring and reporting solutions; proven ability to develop strategies in competitive environments with impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions; experience influencing and partnering with business stakeholders.