Capital Strategy Analyst

Ford • Dearborn, MI

5d • $56,400 - $94,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly analytical and driven Intern to join the Global Treasury team. This role is focused on a critical strategic mission: identifying the financial and operational levers required to optimize Ford’s global cash target. The current average cash balance of $24.1B is influenced by various operational disruptions and "safety buffers." Your goal is to move beyond high-level targets to quantify the "why" behind these numbers. You will analyze historical data, categorize the costs of operational inefficiencies, and build a data-driven roadmap that allows Ford to safely operate at a reduced cash target of below $20B, thereby driving significant capital efficiency across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to "tell the story" behind the data to senior stakeholders.
• A proactive mindset with the desire to dig into the "root cause" of financial inefficiencies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with tools like Excel (advanced), SQL, Tableau, or PowerBI is highly preferred.
• Ability to connect micro-level operational events (like a plant hold) to macro-level financial outcomes (like global cash targets).

Responsibilities

• Conduct a deep-dive analysis of operational data from 2022 to the present.
• Categorize and quantify specific events (e.g., quality holds, supply chain disruptions, launch delays) that have historically necessitated a higher cash buffer.
• Calculate the "true cost" to the enterprise of holding excess cash.
• Translate operational disruptions into specific financial impacts on working capital and liquidity.
• Identify 3–5 specific financial or working capital enablers to mitigate cash outflows.
• Explore levers such as adjusting supplier payment terms during inventory holds or financial mitigations for delayed vehicle launches.
• Define the exact operational and financial conditions required for Treasury to safely lower the global cash target.
• Map every dollar of proposed reduction to a specific, required change in business operations.
• Translate complex working capital data into clear, evidence-based presentations for Treasury leadership to use in cross-functional reviews with the broader business.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern