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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. Preferred qualifications: Experience in developing automated reports and dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs). Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and recommendations, participating in the annual budgeting and forecasting process. Experience in creating and maintaining financial dashboards and reports using BI tools to visualize metrics and performance indicators. Ability to conduct financial analysis to develop forecasts, budgets, and financial models for informed decision-making. Ability to utilize SQL to extract and manipulate data sets for comprehensive financial reporting and analysis. Ability to perform variance analysis to identify trends and support business planning and strategy. 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. 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. Responsibilities Lead the development of deliverables for business analytics and business compensation, commissions, incentives, and programs to ensure coordination and execution between systems and process owners. Analyze business data to identify performance trends, highlight areas for improvement, and decision-making for business compensation programs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Central Operations on modeling cost for Headcount, productivity planning, evaluate and provide guidance on GTM strategy such as Greenfield or Digital Native, dedicated or pooled cost for short-term and long-term goals. Analyze headcount related analytics and metrics to identify insights and recommendations to the cloud leadership and analyze datasets using SQL to support financial planning and analysis processes. Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial cycles to drive business performance and resource planning decisions, and define go-to-market strategies. 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.
