Financial Analyst Intern

Job Description

Financial Analyst Intern | Joby Aviation

The Tone:
This is an internship at Joby Aviation, located in Marina, CA. Joby Aviation is pioneering the future of air travel with piloted electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, envisioning a world where quiet air taxis bypass congested city streets, allowing people to spend more time on what matters. Since 2009, Joby has been dedicated to making this dream a reality and is currently in the final stages of FAA certification for its aircraft. With ambitious plans to launch commercial service in the US and Dubai, the company is actively scaling its manufacturing operations. In this pivotal phase, the Financial Analyst Intern will play a crucial role by providing precise financial analysis, comprehensive reporting, and actionable insights that foster cost discipline and guide strategic operational decision-making within the manufacturing organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Hybrid, minimum three days onsite
• Location: Marina, CA
• Pay: $18.00 – $22.75 hourly (undergraduate) or $5,550 – $7,800 monthly (graduate)
• Team: Supports the manufacturing organization
• Mission: Provides accurate financial analysis, reporting, and insights to drive cost discipline and operational decision-making within manufacturing.
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Assist with financial planning and analysis for the Manufacturing organization.
• Investigate: Support monthly close activities by performing variance investigations alongside the finance team.
• Analyze: Support workforce planning, including tracking headcount, analyzing labor costs, monitoring overtime, and reconciling hiring plans.
• Track: Help track cost reduction and efficiency initiatives to ensure that savings are measurable.
• Report: Support the capital planning process through spend tracking, reporting, and basic business case analysis, and prepare financial summaries and presentations for internal stakeholders.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Requires a bachelor’s degree either in progress (specifically for a third-year student) or already completed, in fields such as Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience: Possesses 0-1 years of professional experience within finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), or other analytical functions, including previous internship roles.
• Skills: Demonstrates a foundational understanding of core finance and accounting principles; exhibits strong analytical capabilities with exceptional attention to detail; proficiently manages multiple tasks and adheres to deadlines, especially in an environment of rapid development; skilled in Excel, including advanced functions like pivot tables, lookup functions, and basic financial modeling techniques.