--- title: Cloud Workforce Planning Analyst at Google description: Google is hiring for the Cloud Workforce Planning Analyst role in Kirkland, WA. Pays $116K–$166K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/cloud-workforce-planning-analyst-at-google-01a19bb3-762a-7e02-b9bd-b7640a61194e date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Google as Cloud Workforce Planning Analyst in Kirkland, WA. Pays $116K–$166K per year. Requires 4+ years of experience. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ywsmet.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA | | **Salary** | $116K/yr - $166K/yr | | **Posted** | Nov 02, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Google sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9,179 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Google. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $145,000 – $211,000 a year (median $172,000). ## Description The name Google came from "googol," a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. And nobody at Google loves big numbers like the Finance team when providing in depth analysis on all manner of strategic decisions across Google products. From developing forward-thinking analysis to generating management reports to scaling our automated financial processes, the Finance organization is an important partner and advisor to the business.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 Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/). - Develop and maintain financial models to underpin business planning and critical decision-making, encompassing forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, workforce planning, allocation analysis, and scenario modeling. - Drive Google Cloud Headcount (HC) and Payroll cost planning and forecasting, ensuring seamless partnership, transparency, and execution across organizations to drive deep fiscal accountability. - Oversee central analytics and provide subject matter expertise for Headcount and Payroll at enterprise scale, delivering actionable insights and planning guidance to business partners. - Lead the orchestration of complex planning cycles, including Long Range Planning (LRP) and the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), establishing timelines, templates, and consolidation models to ensure alignment across multiple stakeholders. - Support productivity analysis and modeling across GTM and Engineering, leveraging key productivity metrics (e.g., CAC payback, R&D spend) to optimize global talent distribution and evaluate internal AI efficiency gains. ### 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 including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting. - Experience with programming (i.e. SQL). ### Preferred qualifications: - 7 years of financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, strategy, or workforce planning experience, with expertise managing enterprise-scale goals payroll budgets and large global workforces. - Experience designing complex workforce strategies, structuring large headcount datasets, and delivering talent recommendations to executives. - Experience developing strategies in a changing engaged environments with impeccable business judgment for resource allocation. - Experience with building data infrastructure (e.g., designing data schemas, building pipelines, implementing scalable monitoring) and implementing reporting solutions (SQL, PLX, Looker, Tableau). - Strong 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. - 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 including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and modeling within a multinational company setting. - Experience with programming (i.e. SQL). ## Skills - Payroll Processing - Quantitative Analysis - Decision Making - 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