Intern

Job Description

Internship, Accounting & Finance (Fall 2026) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is an internship at Tesla. Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage, solar panels, and related products. This role contributes to the company’s mission by ensuring financial accuracy, controlling costs, and transforming raw data into actionable insights crucial for operational and strategic decisions. Interns at Tesla gain valuable experience working on critical projects that support the company’s success and growth.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship, Accounting & Finance (Fall 2026)
• Type: Internship
• Location: Not specified (implied in-person)
• Pay: $23–$35 hourly
• Mission: To support financial operations through fixed asset management, cost control, financial reporting, and data analysis to drive critical business decisions.
• Tech Stack: Excel, Microsoft PowerQuery/Power BI, SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Fixed Assets Management: Participate in fixed asset annual confirmations and gain a deep understanding of the fixed asset accounting lifecycle.
• Cost Control & Reduction: Control warranty and manufacturing costs, defining action plans to address deviations and recommending necessary accruals.
• Financial Reporting & Compliance: Prepare routine and ad-hoc accounting schedules for internal and external reporting while ensuring SOX 404 compliance for related processes.
• Data-Driven Insights: Conduct operational analysis, build automated models, and provide recommendations to management through actionable insights.
• Business Intelligence & Data Infrastructure: Increase data visibility for business teams by building data platforms, operational reports, and managing analytical database architecture.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Student pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Accounting or a related area, or in STEM, Quantitative Field (CS, Applied Statistics, Operations Research), Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Analytics.
• Experience: Advanced experience in Excel.
• Skills: Strong verbal, written and presentation skills; Knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements, and financial modeling; Experience with advanced Excel BI functionality and languages (Power Query (M), PowerPivot (DAX)).
• Bonus: Experience with Microsoft PowerQuery/Power BI and/or SQL.