Senior Financial Analyst, Technical Infrastructure

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.

• Experience with financial modeling.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with networking infrastructure (engineering, financial analysis).

• Experience in business case analysis and prioritization frameworks for research and development efforts.

• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across all levels to align on project goals and deliver results on time.

• Experience conducting scenario and sensitivity analysis to identify and manage risk and opportunity.

• Experience taking ownership of business initiatives and challenging proposals to drive project outcomes.

About the job:

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 global 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. You will be deeply embedded in the business and technology roadmap, and expected to serve as a strategic thought partner to help make resource and investment allocation decisions.

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will lead the financial evaluation and prioritization of Google's network growth and technology investments. You will be responsible for overseeing Business Case Reviews (BCRs) and performing advanced financial modeling to assess complex scenarios, sensitivity analyses, risk-adjusted returns of new Research and development (R&D) initiatives, and drive cost efficiencies. You will serve as the subject matter expert on major R&D investment decisions, providing data-driven recommendations directly to executive engineering, business, and finance leaders as they scale Google’s networking capacity, space and power footprint, and next-generation technology.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities:

• Partner with the business to analyze new technology roadmap and develop financial models for business case reviews to drive investment decisions.

• Collaborate with the business to identify opportunities for efficiency enhancements and provide the necessary controllership to guarantee the successful execution of these programs, ensuring that identified value leads to value capture.

• Lead cross-functional projects to identify and drive efficiencies and cost savings, including monitoring progress to plan.

• Benchmark network costs against industry peers, monitor technology transition costs, and provide financial analysis updates on technology roadmap.

• Leverage AI to monitor key metrics and proactively help business understand trends, opportunities, and challenges.