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At GFiber, we believe that great internet has the power to drive innovation, strengthen communities, enable the impossible, and do all the everyday things that make all of our world go round. And the job of creating better internet is never done - so we’re growing! Our team is committed to building a place where people who want to make a difference can grow their careers and find their spot to belong.
GFiber is an Alphabet company that brings Google Fiber and Google Fiber Webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States. Our teams are expanding as we connect more cities and people to exceptional internet.
The application window will be open until at least August 15, 2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
GFiber FP&A is part of the broader Finance function and provides analytical and business planning support. Our work covers everything from analyzing strategies, solving complex problems, developing first-in-kind business models to managing unit economics or evaluating and creating efficient processes for a start-up organization, with a heavy focus on operations. The Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to senior leadership, and is integral to the operations and strategy of the organization that we display high accountability and ownership to our work.
Role Description
As a Financial Analyst supporting our Sales & Marketing teams, you'll play a crucial role in providing the financial insights that drive strategic decision-making. Your analysis will help optimize resource allocation, improve financial performance, and support GFiber's continued growth and success. You will be managing and optimizing our key FP&A processes in partnership with our Business teams. In this key partner role, you’ll leverage your analytical, attention to detail, and consultative skills to track performance metrics and model business scenarios to inform key strategic and operational decisions from customer acquisition initiatives to financial system implementations and implications.
In this role, you'll:
- Deliver monthly insights on financial performance for Finance and Business leadership by developing KPIs and providing ongoing reporting.
- Partner closely with Sales and Marketing leadership and their teams to develop forecasts and business plans, drive improvements to processes and productivity, and help manage strategies and resource allocations to maximize business results.
- Manage core FP&A responsibilities, such as month-end close, collaborating with business partners and accounting to ensure accuracy and timeliness of monthly financials.
- Lead financial modeling for Sales and Marketing initiatives to support the continued growth of GFiber
At a minimum we'd like you to have:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 year of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate strategy and/or Investment Banking/management consulting or similar roles.
- 1 year of experience building financial and business models
- Experience partnering and presenting to executive and departmental leadership teams with an emphasis on influencing with data and modeling.
It's preferred if you have:
- 3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate strategy and/or Investment Banking/management consulting or similar roles.
- Experience translating stakeholder problem statements into actionable models and metrics accounting for multiple business scenarios.
- Experience with SQL.
- Experience working collaboratively with team members to create and complete complex projects in a constantly evolving environment.
- Ability to use verbal and written communication to convey and teach individual and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Industry experience in recurring / subscription based businesses including Telecom, Cloud and SaaS.
- Experience working in an ever-changing environment with a focus on building adaptable processes for a growing company.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $85,600 - $125,000+ bonus + cash award + benefits. As pay varies by location, your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.
GFiber is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or Veteran status. Disclosure is voluntary, and this information will be kept confidential in compliance with Google's Candidate Privacy Policy. For more information please refer to our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and the EEOC's "Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal" (PDF).
It's important to us to create an accessible, inclusive workplace for everyone. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our accommodations for applicants form. Our candidate accommodations team will then connect with you to confidentially discuss your options.
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