Internship, Accounting & Finance (Summer 2025)

Tesla • Fremont, CA

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About The Position

This position is expected to start May 2025 and continue through the entire Summer term (i.e., through August/September) or into early Fall 2025, if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time, for most internships. The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year around program places the best students in positions that they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We provide an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by giving them projects that are critical to their team's success.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree or Masters Degree in Accounting or related area
• Currently pursuing a degree in STEM, Quantitative Field (CS, Applied Statistics, Operations Research) or Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics
• Advanced experience in Excel
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
• Knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements, and financial modeling

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft PowerQuery/Power BI and/or SQL
• Experience with advanced Excel BI functionality and languages (Power Query (M), PowerPivot (DAX))

Responsibilities

• Understanding of fixed asset accounting and life cycle
• Participate in fixed asset annual confirmation
• Work closely with internal and cross functional teams
• Assist with process improvement and system automation
• Control warranty costs, define action plans to tackle potential deviations and predict future costs and recommend potential accrual as necessary
• Collaborate and liaise with cross functional team members to target warranty reduction
• Identify opportunities to reduce warranty costs and support their implementation
• Maintain phenomenal relationships with Business Partners and Accounting peers to address information reporting needs
• Prepare Accounting schedules routinely and as requested for internal and external reporting requirements
• Document controls, processes and procedures related to warranty and ensure SOX 404 compliance
• Build automated operational models, conduct ad-hoc analysis, and make recommendations to management
• Increase data visibility and access for business teams through the creation and curation of data platforms, operational reports, self-service data tools, and managerial dashboards
• Build and manage data pipelines and analytical database architecture
• Conduct statistical analysis and train machine learning models to inform and control operational decisions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees