Financial Analyst, Central Marketing Finance

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.

As a Financial Analyst on the Central Marketing Finance team, you'll be a part of the central pillar of our Financial Planning and Analysis function. This isn't a role focused on single-product analysis; instead, you'll grow by aggregating and synthesizing financial information across a broad spectrum of Google's products and businesses. You will partner with various Marketing teams to monitor and report on marketing investments and payroll, providing insights and support to enable executive-level decision-making. You will bring a spirit of innovation to the team, developing new tools and refining processes to ensure our operations are as agile as the business we support.

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 $92,000-$132,000 + 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.

Responsibilities

• Act as a pivotal business partner to Marketing’s Global Strategy and Operations and Specialist teams, managing reporting, budgets, POs, forecasting, and performance metrics while communicating key insights.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning cycles, driving visibility into Google’s marketing spend and resource planning decisions.
• Contribute to Marketing’s Long-Range Plan and Annual Planning processes. Support resource allocation, including headcount and payroll planning.
• Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making, ensuring alignment with overarching business objectives. Partner across Marketing Finance teams (e.g., product and territories) to drive and share process best practices.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, providing financial insights and key performance drivers to Marketing and Finance leadership.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, related function, or an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of SAP.
• Ability to grow in a changing environment, and maintain executive presence and perspective in the midst of changing timelines and rapid decision making.
• Ability to transform raw data into clear, actionable insights and executive summaries.
• Ability to draw insights from data and manage recommended actions with excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to remain personable yet persistent while articulating information to audiences.
• Proficiency with one data query language (e.g., SQL or similar).