Deal and Spend Governance Advisor - Google
Chicago, IL
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, information technology, finance, accounting, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in risk management, compliance, project management, finance, sales operations/go-to-market, or management consulting, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience interacting with executives on a regular basis, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience using data to analyze business problems and to spotlight risks and compliance gaps, process improvement/six sigma, and automating business processes.
- Understanding of partner management, information technology, procure-to-pay, and finance operations
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills, especially in leading cross-functional teams and interfacing with senior leadership on a regular basis.
About the job
In this role, you will partner with Business Development, Product, Strategy, Finance, and Legal teams to manage and govern key strategic partnership agreements while managing risk, ensuring compliance, and helping cross-functional teams realize value to Google, our users, and partners.
You will work in one of Google’s most dynamic product areas, Platforms and Devices (P&D), covering a diverse group of products including Play, Android, and Chrome ecosystems while being on the forefront of delivering AI capabilities to our users.
In this role, you will own the relationships with multiple stakeholders for a series of products across Play, Android, and Chrome ecosystems. You'll manage Deal Governance for a portfolio of products while managing key risks and ensuring compliance with policies and processes. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams including Legal, Finance, Strategy, Product, and Partnership to ensure risks in agreements and spend activities are well managed and compliant. You will enable scale and efficiency through process improvements, advisory engagements, and automation.
As part of the Global Deal Governance team, you will be responsible for guiding and advising teams on commercial agreements to ensure efficiency, velocity, and effective governance.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $99,000-$145,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Engage and collaborate closely with Partnerships, Product, Legal, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate governance and compliance for commercial agreements.
- Establish, update, and implement processes, policies, procedures, and controls to mitigate risk for Google.
- Provide guidance, training, and advice to Sales, Finance, and other cross-functional teams on new agreements, feature launches, and the full business agreement lifecycle from ideation to metric tracking.
- Manage and mitigate risks and the strategic and operational implications associated with commercial agreements.
- Lead and support business initiatives to help scale, automate, and bring insights to partnership agreements and spend processes, spotlight risks, and improve controls.