Senior Financial Analyst, Search and Maps, Marketing Finance

About the job

At Google, our Marketing Finance team operates at the dynamic intersection of strategy, investment, and analytics. We are a highly analytical, global team dedicated to maximizing returns through thought leadership and collaborative partnerships, all while ensuring robust quality controls are in place for Marketing’s OpEx budget. We don't just report on the numbers; we find creative ways to solve big-picture challenges and bring strategic insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-range planning (LRP) and annual budget allocation across Search and Maps Marketing. Develop and refine investment frameworks, country prioritization models, and spending guardrails to optimize returns across global markets and initiatives.
• Partner with central analytics teams to increase fidelity of measurement approaches. Articulate the strategic and financial value of brand and engagement campaigns, and drive continuous improvement of ROI methodology.
• Establish standardized performance reporting and deliver strategic deep-dives for Marketing and Finance leadership. Partner with Marketing leadership to prepare Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and executive performance updates.
• Support budget operations for Search and Maps Marketing. Execute high-impact projects or analysis, and rapid-response financial modeling to support time-sensitive business decisions.
• Drive operational efficiency by piloting and scaling AI solutions to automate core financial workflows, freeing up team bandwidth for high-impact strategic work.

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 (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
• Experience executing full-cycle financial planning and analysis functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with programming (i.e. SQL).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience leveraging AI tools to drive operational efficiency, automate legacy financial reporting, and lead team-wide digital initiatives.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g., SAP) and business intelligence tools.
• Prior experience supporting the marketing function and a solid understanding of key marketing metrics and ROI frameworks.
• Proven ability to build sophisticated quantitative frameworks for spend optimization, international market prioritization, and cross-channel trade-offs.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of synthesizing complex quantitative metrics into compelling executive narratives for senior management.

• 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 (FP&A), consulting, or a related function.
• Experience executing full-cycle financial planning and analysis functions including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting.
• Experience with programming (i.e. SQL).