Financial Analyst

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst is a key financial planning and analysis (FP&A) role with executive-level visibility. The role supports the development, tracking, forecasting, reporting, and accounting of SpaceX projects, and helps drive spending management and contract profitability across product lines. The analyst works with teams across production, engineering, sales, program management, accounting, and executive management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 1 year of experience in an accounting, finance, or business role; internship experience qualifies.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Must be able to meet U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
• Must work onsite full-time in Hawthorne, California; hybrid and remote work are not considered.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, applied business statistics, and general modeling experience with complex nonlinear systems.
• Experience in a manufacturing or technology environment.
• Familiarity with reporting, visualization, intelligence, and analysis tools such as SQL, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to regularly interface with executive management.
• Experience presenting analytical results verbally and in writing across a multidisciplinary organization.
• Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems for a broad audience.

Responsibilities

• Lead forecasts of key performance indicators and resource requirements for assigned business groups, including headcount, capital, and operating expenses.
• Forecast future unit costs with cross-functional teams and track progress toward cost-reduction targets.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to support operational decision-making, from idea generation through implementation.
• Lead internal projects with peer organizations, identifying business issues and translating 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 monthly project costs incurred.
• Provide business partners with insight on revenue, spending variances, and department-level reporting.
• Analyze and interpret financial data for management reviews.

Benefits

• Potential eligibility for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• 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.
• May accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level