Senior Analyst - Marketing Finance

Our Driver may be autonomous, but Waymo's finances are steered by experts like you. 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.

In this hybrid role, you will report to the Head of Strategic Finance, Commercial Finance and Corporate FP&A.

You will:

• Own Waymo-wide forecast for marketing (growth and brand), communications, and public affairs spend, in partnership with Marketing, Product, Data Science, and Accounting teams, and track variances and drivers of variances in actual spend vs. forecasts
• Act as a strategic advisor to the Marketing team, providing financial rigor for brand and growth investments and supporting the development of measurement frameworks to assess the ROI of both top-of-funnel and lower funnel investments (i.e. customer acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention)
• Partner with Marketing and Product teams to identify levers that aggressively drive down CAC while increasing long-term customer LTV
• Derive insights from complex datasets to influence marketing spend, allocation of spend between marketing initiatives, pricing strategies, and product roadmap prioritization
• Embed with Marketing and Product Data Science teams to ensure our growth models are rigorous, and partner with other Commercial Finance teammates to integrate customer funnel drivers into consolidated revenue model
• Prepare and present high-impact executive presentations that translate marketing spend trends and funnel dynamics into clear commercial outcomes for senior leadership

You have:

• 7-10 years' experience in Marketing Finance, Go-To-Market Finance, Commercial Finance, and/or Strategic Finance
• Exceptional financial modeling skills with the ability to build complex, driver-based models from scratch and a strong familiarity with financial statements
• The ability to think multiple steps ahead regarding the commercial implications of marketing and product decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of influencing controversial decision-making through objective analysis
• Ability to prioritize assignments, navigate ambiguity, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
• BS/BA/MBA in Finance, Economics or a related quantitative field

We prefer:

• Deep knowledge of the rideshare, transportation, or autonomous vehicle industries
• Experience within high-growth consumer tech companies focusing on user acquisition and retention
• Experience working with forecasting tools (e.g. Anaplan) and systematizing budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Familiarity with SQL or working closely with Data Science teams to extract and manipulate large datasets