Finance Optimization Senior Analyst

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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA;
Reston, VA, USA
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• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting, or finance transformation.
• 3 years of experience writing SQL scripts and navigating datasets and pipelines.
• Experience with financial data systems architecture and controls, including working with financial statements and journal entries.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and influencing executive leaders.

• Track record for navigating ambiguity, complex problems, and stakeholder management.
• Strong business accounting acumen, covering financial statements, journal entries, and financial data systems architecture and controls.
• Ability to navigate large datasets and pipelines and to join data sets in SQL and Big Query to build complex workflows.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex problems for influencing cross-functional teams and executives.
• Excellent attention to detail, from written artifacts to data troubleshooting and reconciliation.

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 benefits at Google

• Lead discovery and design efforts to further enhance financial data systems or processes. Leverage finance and accounting experience to translate systems feedback from end users into requirements for engineering.
• Execute change management, including moderating operating committee forums to keep executives and cross-functional systems decision makers informed of roadmaps and project status, developing and testing outcomes, and handling production support issues.
• Partner with stakeholders to get things done, from finance and accounting to business operations and engineering.
• Evaluate financial data systems as part of the ecosystem within Google Cloud, producing documentation and process flows and identifying opportunities for new features, process automation, and risk-mitigating controls.
• Build comprehension of financial data systems as evidenced by the ability to recommend improvements and troubleshoot production issues.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

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