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 Business Controller.

You will:

• Set and achieve the strategic and operational goals of procurement processes including: procurement intake, purchase requisitions, PO management, supplier set-up, and preferred supplier lists working with sourcing managers and other functions
• Accountable for all outsourced procurement work and for ensuring suppliers achieve service level agreements.
• Help drive important procurement projects to support the ongoing transformation and continuous improvement of systems and processes in the procurement organization
• Establish and maintain regular metrics reviews to drive efficiencies in cost, utilization and maintain compliance across all Procurement related activities.
• Help manage international Legal Entity set up and operationalizing required systems and processes supporting Waymo's business.
• Partner with the Business Systems Engineering team to prioritize and develop requirements for new features and enhancements based on solution knowledge, business needs, and stakeholder feedback

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or related field
• 8+ years experience in Finance Operations or Process Optimization
• 5+ years experience working with procurement systems in SAP, Ariba and/or Ariba Guided Buying tools
• 5+ years experience leading an outsourced operation

We prefer:

• MBA, Master's degree or CPA.
• Manufacturing industry experience with both direct and indirect purchasing processes
• Experience driving cross functional teams to achieve process and system improvements
• Experience in change management and project management

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