Finance Manager, Technical Infrastructure Finance

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with networking infrastructure (engineering, financial analysis).
  
• Experience in portfolio analysis and building prioritization framework for organizations.
  
• Ability to grasp complex problems and convert them into financial analysis.
  
• Ability to take ownership, confidence to interact with all levels, set objectives, drive results, and be a team player.
  
• Ability to guide stakeholders.
  
• Excellent communication skills with the 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.

Our team's goal is to drive efficient scaling of the largest global network. 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 (VP + their directs). 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 modeling business scenarios or 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 $159,000-$239,000 + 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

• Influence the technology and provide financial guidance to business decision makers to ensure sound financial decisions, including ad-hoc business cases and capturing returns on investments.
  
• Collaborate with the business to identify opportunities for efficiency enhancements and provide the necessary outcomes to guarantee the successful execution of these programs, ensuring that identified value leads to value capture.
  
• Lead cross-functional projects with teams from various departments, including TI business partners, accounting, finance, internal audit, systems, and engineering.
  
• Manage finance portfolio reviews for the business’ leadership, covering results of the technological investments.
  
• Develop metrics and dashboards to improve forecast accuracy, support business teams in proactively achieving annual plans, and enable stakeholders to self-serve.