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Senior Financial Analyst I

California, United States (On-site)

Senior Financial Analyst I

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Finance

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Job Description

As a Senior Financial Analyst I at Google, you will play a crucial role in ensuring sound financial decisions. Your responsibilities will include performing in-depth analysis of datasets to uncover trends and generate actionable insights, identifying and mitigating risks, managing projects with multiple stakeholders, and providing senior management with insightful recommendations. You will work closely with the core Finance team to transform planning, tracking, and control processes, driving strategic and operational initiatives across multiple products, functions, and geographies. This role requires strong analytical skills, data manipulation abilities, excellent communication, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field.
7 years of experience in FP&A, consulting, or a related function.
Experience building data infrastructure and implementing reporting solutions.
Ability to work with data to produce analysis to influence decision making.

Good to have:

Advanced degree
Experience developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments.
Impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions.
Leadership experience with complex strategic and operational initiatives.

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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:

Experience building data infrastructure (e.g., designing architecture, building data pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions.
Experience developing strategies in fast-paced competitive environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
Leadership experience with complex strategic and operational initiatives, across multiple products, functions, and geographies.
Ability to work with data to produce analysis to influence decision making and generate insights.
Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work with a wide variety of departments.

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.

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 for new hire 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 .

Responsibilities

Perform analysis of datasets to extract relevant information, identify trends, and generate actionable insights for the business.
Identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, timelines, organizational implications, and changing circumstances.

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$132.0K - $196.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$164.0K/yr avg.

Mountain View, California, United States

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