Senior Financial Analyst, Networking - Google
Austin, TX
About the Job
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 in manipulating data sets using SQL or another programming/scripting language.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in network product pricing or cost assignment/cost allocation.
- Experience in developing business case with both strategic and financial (NPR, IRR, Break Even) support.
- Ability to influence without authority and interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
- Ability to advocate, challenge business initiatives and work with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication skills.
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.
As a Financial Analyst supporting Technical Infrastructure's (TI) Networking team, you will be an integral finance business partner to the team that builds and operates Google's network. You will become a financial expert, trusted partner, and responsible for providing actionable insights that have a meaningful impact on the business. In this particular role, you will have a unique opportunity to work regularly with the business' leadership team. You will be deeply embedded in the business and expected to serve as a strategic thought partner (direction setter vs task taker).Your work, whether it's monthly/quarterly finance reviews, agreement diligence/reviews, modeling business scenarios, tracking performance metrics, will be used by our engineering, business, and finance leaders to make strategic resource allocation decisions.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$196,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead quarterly finance reviews and annual demand and Operational Expenditure (opex) planning with internal customers.
- Partner with business teams to diligence demand and improve utilization.
- Lead business case reviews for technology transitions and efficiency initiatives.
- Plan and save costs from efficiency initiatives pursued by the team.
- Partner with business teams to price network products and assign cost of network product.
