The Workforce Planning (WFP) Analyst role is a high-impact position at the intersection of Finance, Strategy & Operations, and People Operations. You will drive the transformation of workforce planning in Cloud, to help manage one of Google’s largest expenses and drive sustainable growth. You will play a key role in effective budget management, business reviews, and process transformations across multiple Cloud leaders and functions.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $116000 - $166000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Workforce Planning business partner and strategic advisor to Cloud executive leadership, translating investment priorities into capacity models.
- Synchronize Google Cloud Headcount (HC) and Payroll cost planning, forecasting, and complex cycles (LRP/AOP) bridging internal Finance teams with external Operations partners.
- Lead productivity analysis and AI-driven modeling across Go-To-Market and Engineering organizations to optimize global talent distribution.
- Develop measurable workforce scorecards that translate executive growth strategies into metrics, balancing headcount capacity tradeoffs where priorities overlap.
- Establish a highly accurate enterprise workforce data foundation and leverage internal automation tools to streamline workflows and deliver actionable planning guidance.
Minimum qualifications:
- 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.
- Experience executing full-cycle FP&A functions (e.g., budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, modeling).
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategy, or workforce planning, including experience managing enterprise-scale, multi-billion-dollar payroll budgets (e.g., $20B+) and large global workforces (e.g., 40k+).
- Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing data schemas, building pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions (SQL, Business Intelligence Platform, Looker, Tableau).
- Experience designing workforce strategies, structuring headcount datasets, and delivering strategic talent recommendations to executives.
- Experience developing strategies in fast-paced, engaged environments with impeccable business judgment for resource allocation.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across a wide variety of departments, take complete project ownership, set clear objectives, and drive results.