Senior Financial Analyst, Workforce Finance, Cloud Central Finance

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Finance • $137,000 PA - $201,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This Senior Financial Analyst role within Google Cloud's Central Finance team focuses on workforce finance. Responsibilities include understanding Google Cloud's business, headcount landscape, and economics; serving as a subject matter expert on headcount and payroll management; maintaining and improving short-term and long-term financial planning; collaborating with People Operations, Staffing, and other teams on workforce initiatives; and partnering with Compensation, Benefits, and Accounting teams to manage employment costs. The role requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership. The analyst will develop and monitor implementation of workforce initiatives, ensuring alignment with Google's strategic objectives.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in quantitative field
  • 7+ years FP&A, consulting, or related experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills
  • Understanding of workforce planning and management
Good to have:
  • Advanced degree
  • Experience in a large, complex organization
  • Experience with Google Cloud
  • Ability to work in an unstructured environment
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details


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.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Ability to take initiative and work in an unstructured environment, and be comfortable navigating ambiguity.
  • Excellent problem-solving skill, combined with impeccable business and ability to communicate and influence senior leadership teams.

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. While working on multiple projects at a time, you are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.

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 $137,000-$201,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Develop an understanding of the Google Cloud business, our headcount landscape, and our business economics.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert in helping the business effectively manage headcount and payroll growth against our strategic initiatives.
  • Maintain and improve near term (forecast) and longer term (annual plan, long range plan) planning assumptions, drivers, and impact visibility of changes in priorities.
  • Cultivate relationships with People Operations, Staffing, Strategy and Operations teams to design, develop, and monitor implementation of workforce initiatives.
  • Partner closely with Compensation, Benefits, and Accounting teams to understand drivers and changes in employee compensation, as well as opportunities to effectively manage cost of employment.

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