Senior Finance Analyst, Google Cloud
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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, consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with SQL, Javascript, Java, R or Python.
- Experience working with large datasets and building dashboards (data visualization).
- Knowledge of the Cloud/Software industry.
- Ability to self-direct work in an unstructured, fast paced environment; comfortable with ambiguity.
- Ability to communicate in German fluently in order to communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
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.Cloud is a strategic priority for Google. We develop groundbreaking cloud solutions, including Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace, to help clients transform. The Cloud Sales finance team ensures that Cloud Sales makes sound financial decisions. We are an important partner and advisor to the Cloud commercial leaders, providing them financial, investigative and strategic insight.
As a Senior Finance Analyst for Germany and Strategic Industries, you will act as a CFO, partnering with Sales leaders to optimize business performance, focusing particularly on business.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
- Engage with Germany and Strategic Industries leadership (VP/MD level) to support decision making. Coordinate the Finance execution of the German Sovereign Cloud partnership.
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Sales Operations, Customer Experience, Finance. Track, analyze and forecast top-line performance (business and bookings); set sales goals.
- Contribute to yearly planning and resource allocation (headcount and non-payroll expenses).
- Analyze and approve commercial agreements: model economics, advise on non-standard terms. Track and allocate investments and measure their ROI.
- Support data center capacity expansion initiatives.
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