Senior Strategic Financial Analyst

Overview

In this role you translate macroeconomic signals and competitive dynamics into actionable commercial insights for Google’s EMEA sales organization. You will synthesize inflation, policy, and ad market trends to inform executive decisions and risk considerations, working across Legal, GTM, and Government Affairs. You’ll build scalable diagnostics and scenario models, leveraging AI to automate data ingestion and storytelling for leadership. This position blends economic analysis with strategic execution to shape cross-border commercial priorities and pilots. You will operate as an AI-enabled advisor, distilling complex research into decision-ready briefs for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize macroeconomic signals and market movements into commercial intelligence for leadership
• Develop scenario analyses and risk sizing for leadership reviews and executive storytelling
• Monitor advertiser demand shifts and competitive dynamics across core EMEA markets
• Bridge macroeconomics, competitive activity, and commercial execution to inform strategy and governance
• Automate ingestion and synthesis of market research using Generative AI and automation workflows
• Maintain category mapping rules and ensure data integrity in Connect Sales SoW repositories
• Support pilots and strategic workstreams with impact sizing and diagnostics

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience in research, commercial finance, management consulting, or economic analysis
• Experience evaluating macroeconomic trends (GDP, interest rates, CPI, FX, advertising forecasts) and translating into business recommendations
• Experience with SQL for data extraction and processing

• Executive communication
• Narrative synthesis
• Ambiguity tolerance
• SQL
• Python or R
• Time-series modeling

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