PRODUCT AREA
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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. While working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.
Qualifications
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, derive insights, and develop high-impact recommendations for executive business leaders.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic Go-to-Market product plans.
- Develop tools and data infrastructure to explain spending activity and effectiveness across different initiatives to a range of audiences.
- Design, implement, and maintain good governance processes for managing expenditures and risk.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
- Experience with SQL, R, Python or other programming/scripting languages to manipulate data sets.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with building financial reporting, produce analysis, implementing scalable monitoring, and implementing reporting solutions.
- Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments and excellent business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
- Experience planning and managing at both the strategic and operational level.
- Understanding of marketing ROI (e.g., LTV, CAC), fundamental corporate finance principles, and general accounting concepts.
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment and be detail-oriented, organized, and strategically-focused.
- Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.
