Financial and Resource Analyst, Core Strategy and Operations
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate finance, workforce planning, consulting, or a related function.
- Experience with SQL, managing datasets and distilling key insights with the use of data visualization techniques.
- Experience with financial modeling and financial reporting.
- Experience with program management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with R, SQL, spreadsheets, or similar analytics tools.
- Experience managing multiple projects.
- Familiarity with ML and generative AI concepts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
About the job
Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google’s functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.
Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $126000 - $181000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end management of operational expenditure and headcount, including baseline tracking, budget forecasting, and variance analysis to maximize Return on Investment (ROI).
- Leverage problem solving skills to translate complex financial and resource data into clear, actionable narratives and strategic recommendations for leadership.
- Partner closely with cross-functional leads and central finance to align resource allocation with organizational priorities and manage shifting headcount demands.
- Own the development of materials for stakeholder updates, including high-impact presentations and summary documents that clearly communicate project status and financial health.
- Find and recommend better ways to work so the team can get results more effectively.
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