Senior Finance Manager, Google Cloud, Google Workspace

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, SQL, SaaS

Job Description

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 14 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or 12 years of experience with a relevant advanced degree.
• Experience in team building and development.

Preferred qualifications:

• 14 years of experience in FP&A with significant experience partnering with Research and Development teams.
• Experience in the Software as a Service (SAAS) industry.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and rapidly-changing environment with competing deadlines.
• Experience in people management and the ability to scale future leaders in this growing organization.
• Understanding of Google’s Cloud products.
• Ability to partner with executive stakeholders to define analysis requirements and priorities, develop and execute strategy, and balance short versus long-term deliverables.

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.

Google Cloud is a strategic priority for Google. We are developing cloud solutions for businesses including Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace (e.g., Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive).

In this role, you will be leading the Product Finance team for Google's Workspace Business and will help manage a product portfolio used by many Google Cloud customers and many consumers across the globe. You will be a well-rounded executive finance professional who can excel at partnering with executive engineering and product leadership and who can build partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders across Google Cloud and Google.

Google Workspace and Cloud are reinventing how teams/individuals of all sizes connect, create, and collaborate. You will be partnering closely with Engineering and Product leaders of massive Google products like Gmail, Drive, Meet, and Editors and will influence how the future of work evolves. You will play an integral role in growth of Google Cloud business as well as overall Google, as these products are used by many businesses across the globe as well as many consumers who use it everyday to meet their productivity and communication needs.

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

• Be the strategic finance partner to the Engineering, Product, and Security organizations, drive predictability, identify efficiencies, and lead through the phase of growth.
• Partner directly with the Workspace Vice Presidents and General Managers, Engineering and Product Vice Presidents and will take care of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) responsibilities. Manage core FP&A responsibilities (e.g., monthly close, monthly profit and loss, quarterly earnings diligence, annual operating plans, and long-range plans).
• Improve financial processes and implementation system improvements that will scale. Lead Workspace pricing and bring financial/business acumen to product slotting/pricing/discounting decisions.
• Partner with Engineering teams and Finance teams to help manage capacity spending and drive efficiency improvements that will result in long-term improvement in cloud capex spending.
• Build relationships with partners across Cloud and Google in functions including Finance, Accounting, Product, Sales & Marketing.