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About the Role
Waymo is seeking a Finance professional to lead financial planning and analysis for Tech teams, driving strategic decision-making and optimizing spend to support the company's long-term roadmap. This role involves partnering with Tech teams, owning financial analysis for projects, and acting as a key finance liaison for approval processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles for Tech teams, investigating budget gaps and proactive risk mitigation strategies.
- Partner with Tech teams to achieve cost benchmarks, managing spend and helping teams make trade-offs to optimize financial targets.
- Own end-to-end financial analysis for Tech projects, implementing processes to streamline analysis and ensure validated financials before executive review.
- Help shape Tech strategy and optimize spend to ensure individual transactions serve the broader long-term roadmap.
- Act as the finance liaison for the "gate" approval process, ensuring material reviews and buy-ins are finalized at each team level.
- Orchestrate the internal chain of command by preparing strategic pre-read materials and deal reviews to move projects toward final executive sign-off.
Requirements
- BA/BS or equivalent degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in Finance FP&A, management consulting, or corporate strategy.
- Expert-level proficiency in financial modeling with the ability to distill complex data into a clear story for decision-making.
- A proven track record of managing multiple complex projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and form strong relationships at the executive level.
- A self-starter mindset with a bias toward action and the ability to navigate an unstructured, fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Financial analysis
- Budgeting
- Cost management
- Strategic planning
- MS Excel
- SQL
- SAP
- Google Workspace
Location
- US
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 12+ years
Education Level
- BA/BS or equivalent degree
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000—$247,000 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
About the Company
- Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver.
- Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
- The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.
- The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
- The Finance and Accounting group manages all aspects of our finances and serves as trusted advisors for all our strategic and enterprise endeavors.
- Along with managing compilation of our financial statements, looking after our cash and overseeing compliance, we partner closely with the business in overseeing company wide resource allocation, developing cutting edge compensation initiatives and generating detailed financial analyses to drive the business forward.
- We also develop advanced capital strategies to support the company's short- and long-term future.