Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), consulting, or a related function, or an advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience working in a professional services business, including technology industry.
Experience generating insights/themes working with large and complex datasets and building models and dashboards (e.g., data visualization).
Knowledge of services/consulting, partner ecosystem, key metrics (e.g., bookings, backlog, business generation), P&L management, business recognition rules, and agreement structures.
Familiarity with the SaaS/Cloud industry.
Ability to work in an unstructured, fast-paced environment and navigate ambiguity.
Ability to communicate and collaborate in a multicultural work environment, with excellent organizational, problem-solving, and influencing skills.
Responsibilities
Understand sales and delivery cycles and services delivery processes in order to give impactful recommendations on how to improve business performance. Be the finance partner for APAC and EMEA Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) country leads.
Track, analyze and forecast performance (e.g., business and bookings), support GCC Sales and business goal setting.
Provide recommendations to improve gain in the Profit and Loss (P&L) based on financial analysis and critical thinking. Track business performance by working with cross-functional partners and communicate key results to leadership.
Partner with Google Cloud Sales Finance, Google Cloud Consulting Regional and Central Finance, Strategy and Operations Regional and Central teams, Controllership, Regional Delivery and Pursuit teams on planning, business performance analysis, insights, and rhythm of business.
Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning cycles while working with central cross-functional teams.