Financial Analyst

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

FINANCIAL ANALYST

The Financial Analyst will be instrumental in the development tracking forecasting reporting and accounting for all SpaceX projects. This is a key financial planning and analysis (FP&A) role with executive-level visibility driving spending and contract profitability for all of our product lines. The successful candidate will interface with all aspects of the company including production engineering sales program management accounting and executive management.

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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree
• 1 years experience in an accounting finance or business role (internship experience qualifies)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors 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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• This position is based in Austin TX and requires being onsite full-time hybrid and remote work will not be considered

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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