SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The Financial Analyst will play a crucial role in financial planning and analysis, focusing on forecasting, reporting, and accounting for SpaceX projects while interfacing with various departments across the company.
Responsibilities
- Lead forecast of key performance indicators (KPIs), including spending and resource requirements for assigned business groups, such as headcount, capital, and operating expenses
- Forecast future unit costs with cross-functional teams and track progress in achieving cost reduction targets
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational decision-making, from new idea generation through to the implementation phase
- Perform a leading role on internal projects, working closely with peer organizations to understand key business issues and translate them into financial models and metrics
- Prepare and update capital expenditure and inventory cash forecasts
- Support product cost tracking and inventory analysis, including scrap, inventory obsolescence, and productivity efforts
- Develop and enhance tools to track revenue performance and incurred project costs every month
- Provide insight on revenue, spending variances, and department-level reporting to business partners
- Analyze and interpret financial data for use in management reviews
Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- 1+ years experience in an accounting, finance, or business role (internship experience qualifies)
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- This position is based in Palo Alto, CA, and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, applied business statistics, and general modeling experience of complex non-linear systems
- Experience in a manufacturing or technology environment
- Familiarity with reporting, visualization, intelligence, and analysis tools (SQL, Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to regularly interface with executive management
- Experience with presenting analytical results in both verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization
- Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems for a broad audience
Benefits
- Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- The ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy
Company Overview
- SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.spacex.com.