Financial Analyst, Google Play

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
• Experience with database query (SQL coding and analysis).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with building financial reporting, producing analysis, implementing scalable monitoring and reporting solutions.
• Experience in developing strategies in fast-paced engaged environments, impeccable business judgment for resource allocation decisions to achieve the desired business outcome.
• Proficiency in advanced spreadsheet modeling.
• Ability to work with data to produce analysis, influencing decision making with numerical analysis and generating insights.

About the job:

Financial Analysts ensure that Google makes sound financial decisions. As a Financial Analyst, your work, whether it's modelling 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.

As a Financial Analyst in Play, you will be a key contributor in growing our digital marketplace in EMEA. You will focus on supporting essential business finance processes, including data preparation, revenue analytics and trend analysis, routine financial analysis, and dashboard automation. In this role, you will specifically support the Google Play EMEA team, analysing datasets to identify trends, deliver actionable insights, and drive operational excellence. You will manage day-to-day issues on your own while collaborating closely with your teammates and partnering on more complex problems with leadership of the business and finance.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a key contributor to EMEA Play cross-functional monthly business review by providing the strategic data backbone. Compile standard presentations and dashboards, unpack complex market trends and deliver reliable insights to empower cross-functional decision-making.
• Support and iterate on complex financial forecasting initiatives, such as developer revenue target setting, including managing large-scale data (multiple forecast cuts), aligning disparate data systems (user vs. developer data), and building tracking dashboards for business partners.
• Execute defined tasks such as trend analysis, headcount reconciliation, and variance tracking. Take ownership of quota allocation processes, maintain technical infrastructure and proactively identify and correct data inaccuracies to ensure reliable budget forecasting.
• Partner closely with business development, strategy and operations, and other stakeholders. Build financial models for deals, review agreement pricing, and clearly communicate shared goals to find alignment and optimise business performance.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.