Senior Analyst, New Product Introduction
Google - Austin, TX
posted 2 days ago
About the position
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. Technical Infrastructure (TI) is the foundation of Google - the global data centers, networks and integrating hardware and software that powers both our unique customer products and services and our internal operations. As a Senior Analyst, you will manage major elements of financial planning and analysis support of this business area. You will have financial leadership spanning planning, process and risk management, control, opportunity identification and analytics. You will have a track record of success operating as a leader and influencing businesses. 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
- Coordinate monthly review meeting for Custom Silicon group (e.g., prepare review package of Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) and CPU Return on Investments (ROIs) and execution risks with leadtimes), and reconcile actual costs for key commodities by vendors.
- Define inputs for financial modeling of new products in understanding financial impacts and risk, oversee budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes for specific elements of TI's activities ensuring accuracy and predictability of results and key metrics.
- Provide executive management with clear insights into drivers of business and financial performance and risk based on detailed modeling and understanding of the TI business.
- Lead planning via formal Business Planning and regular Business Reviews, drive high value analysis of insights on improving core TI processes.
- Manage forecasting and planning to support various New Product Introduction (NPI) business owners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, consulting, a related function, or an advanced degree.
- Experience with financial modeling.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in management consulting, finance, corporate strategy, or similar environments.
- Experience managing all financial elements of capital and current expenditure programs including identifying, assessing, and controlling risks.
- Experience supporting a Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations organization, and in Supply Chain Cost of Goods, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
- Excellent leadership and cross-functional communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate and influence executive leadership teams.
