Financial Analyst, Charging & Energy

Number of employees

10000

United States, California, Irvine, United States

Posted on: 2022-11-04

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Doing something different is never easy. It requires courage, optimism and grit. Core to our mission is building a team of adventurous individuals determined to make a positive impact on the world. This means challenging ourselves constantly. Stretching beyond the bounds of conventional thinking. Reframing old problems. Seeking new solutions. And operating comfortably in a space of uncertainty. While our backgrounds are diverse, our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Do you like doing the impossible? We’d love to hear from you.

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. 

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. 

ROLE SUMMARY:

This high visibility role is responsible for supporting the Commercial Finance team’s financial forecast and actual management for the Charging & Energy Solutions channel. This role is critical to the success of strategically growing the Rivian Charging & Energy Solutions channel, so we're looking for an individual who is extremely analytical and super attentive to detail, is a strong relationship builder, and motivated to drive results.

The main commercial systems and processes to be built span across four areas:

  1. Commercial FP&A: Partnering with Corporate FP&A, Product Development Finance, Sales Operations/S&OP, Strategy, and Manufacturing to model Charging & Energy Solutions’ Operating Expenses for budgeting and forecasting
  2. Commercial Financial Operations: Partnering with Accounts Receivables/Treasury, Accounting, Charging & Energy Solutions, and Logistics to ensure the order-to-cash process is smooth, efficient, tax-compliant, and that necessary and helpful transactional data is available for financial analysis
  3. Strategy: Investigate, research, model and present findings recommending the best course of action regarding new business opportunities, market entry/exit decisions, etc.
  4. Product Insights: partnering with Charging & Energy Solutions to build KPI’s to enable deep understanding of product performance

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Track and Consolidate Costs for Month End Close to ensure proper Revenue and Margin reporting in partnership with the Corporate Accounting Team
  • Provide the required analytical support on actuals to recommend standard costing for Month End Close. Identify financial risks and opportunities to support leadership decision making process
  • Manage fixed asset and inventory deployment to Charging Sites; ensure proper cost are capitalized and proper depreciations methods applied
  • Effectively support the financial forecast and analysis of Rivian Charging & Energy Solution’s headcount and operating budgets, including supporting the development and communication of expense forecasts to leadership and to internal finance business partners
  • Execute reporting on performance vs. budget
  • Support ad hoc fleet analysis for portfolio planning and external reporting

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 2-3 years of work experience planning and forecasting experience, within the energy industry a plus
  • Proven analytical ability and creative problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to develop effective business partner relationships
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to interact with various management levels
  • General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles and theories
  • Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing and fast paced environment
  • Proven experience budgeting, planning, forecasting, closing and reconciling operating expenditures
  • Strong organizational skills reflecting prioritization with a sense of urgency
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skill with the ability to process data from multiple sources and build models from the ground up
  • Ability to effectively articulate financial stories in a clear and concise manner
  • Proven ability developing and improving processes to make reporting better, faster and easier
  • Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills required, experience with Adaptive Insights and SAP a plus
  • Bachelor’s degree (MBA/CPA a plus) in Finance, Accounting or related field preferred

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. 

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. 

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.  

 

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