Strategic Finance Manager, GCS Product

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 7 years of experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 9 years of experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis.
  
• 4 years of experience as a people manager within a technical leadership role.
  

About the job

Google's leadership team hand-picks thorny business challenges, and members of BizOps work in small teams to find solutions. As part of this team you fully immerse yourself in data collection, draw insight from analysis, and then zoom out to develop compelling, synthesized recommendations. Taking strategy one step further, you also persuasively communicate your recommendations to senior-level executives, roll-up your sleeves to help drive implementation and check back-in to see the impact of your recommendations.

Google Customer Solutions (GCS) is the organization that works with mid-market and small advertisers to make them successful across Search, DVA and YouTube. The business drives more than half of the business growth for Google Ads

GCS Ads Finance is the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) partner for GCS. The work is integral to the strategic decision-making and operations of the business.

In this role, you will identify business growth drivers, forecast future performance, provide recommendations on resource allocation, and analyze the lifetime value of the advertisers.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $192,000-$278,000 + 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.In this role, you will identify business growth drivers, forecast future performance, provide recommendations on resource allocation, and analyze the lifetime value of the advertisers.
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

• Develop metrics to track and evaluate solution deployment across teams.
  
• Create dashboards and tools to automate processes, generate reports, and guide product decisions. 
• Curate and validate data to ensure quality standards are met.
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the domain, business goals, and data infrastructure context.
• Cultivate a collaborative and supportive team environment that prioritizes Google's values, healthy work practices, and achievement of results.