Business Finance Analyst – Central Intelligence & Analytics (APAC)

About the role

Google is looking for a Business Finance Analyst to join its Central Intelligence and Analytics (CIA) team in APAC. You will partner with business and sales leaders, provide data‑driven insights, and help shape strategic financial decisions across the advertising portfolio.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a strategic finance partner to APAC business and sales leadership, collaborating across functions.
• Model business scenarios, track performance metrics, and produce actionable financial analysis.
• Lead projects that transform planning, tracking, and control processes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, BI solutions, and data pipelines to support decision‑making.
• Prepare and deliver presentations and reports that influence senior leadership.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics or a related quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years of experience in FP&A, business analysis, data analysis or a similar function; an advanced degree is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to work with ambiguous, unstructured data.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of influencing senior leaders.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency with spreadsheets (Excel).
• SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
• Experience building dashboards and Business Intelligence solutions.
• Knowledge of R and Python for statistical analysis and automation.
• Familiarity with establishing data pipelines.