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.

Technical Infrastructure (TI) is the foundation of Google the global data centers, networks and integrating hardware and software that powers both the unique customer products and services and the internal operations.

As a Financial Analyst and business partner to several of TI’s executive leadership team, you will manage major elements of FP&A support of this critical and complex business area. The multi-billion dollar scale of the annual investments and operations in the infrastructure requires strong financial leadership spanning planning, process and risk management, control, opportunity identification and analytics. You will have a strong track record of success operating as a leader and influencing complex businesses.

In this role, you will be an integral finance business partner to Cloud Supply Chain Organization (CSCO), directly supporting the machines supply chain. You will help to understand the growing costs required to support Google’s data centers. You will develop an in-depth understanding of the resources required to support a global supply chain supporting Google’s data centers, including equipment and tariffs. You will also partner with other Finance, Accounting, and Business/Product teams to ensure regulatory compliance, accurate reporting, and efficient data collection.
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

• Partner with the Cloud Supply Chain Organization to build key performance indicators (KPI) for business performance for contract manufacturers and provide cost analysis.

• Be the trusted advisor to business partners and provide feedback on new business initiatives, procurement programs, and contractual agreements.

• Lead cross-functional projects to identify opportunities to drive efficiency and define investment strategies to reduce cost and support non-linear scaling with optimization.

• Manage monthly, quarterly and annual financial processes, including annual planning and management reporting. Drive visibility into business insights.

• Partner closely with other Finance and Accounting teams to ensure Google’s accounting, compliance and other financial requirements are appropriately supported.

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 with spreadsheet tools, finance processes and financial modeling.

• Ability to communicate in Mandarin and English fluently to partner with local clients and region partners.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in developing strategies in fluid competitive environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.

• Experience collaborating with international or distributed teams, demonstrating flexibility to accommodate varying time zones.

• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision-making with numerical analysis and generating insights.

• Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with various departments.