Corporate Finance Internship

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Description

Start date: January 2027
Location: Amsterdam
Duration: 6 months
Time type: Full-time (40h a week)

Please note that you have to be enrolled in your education throughout the whole internship period

Tesla’s Finance team combines traditional financial planning and analysis with broader business decision-making and strategy. Finance is embedded in daily operations, supporting both near-term execution and long-term planning. Team members are expected to analyze data, provide recommendations, and lead cross-functional decision-making and implementation of the recommendations with the relevant executives/teams throughout the company. Through the intern program, we are looking to find the next wave of talent to drive these efforts.

Tesla Finance is lean and dynamic, comprised of four main subgroups: Energy Finance, Engineering Finance, Manufacturing Finance, and Sales Finance. A position is available at our EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to grow our EMEA-based Sales Finance team. 

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) works with our Finance and Business leadership team, and other subgroups to:

Lead Tesla’s P&L, balance sheet and cash flow forecast process, including reviewing with Tesla’s Leadership and Board of Directors and working with finance and non-finance stakeholders to analyze the impact of proposed business decisions
Develop and track cross-company efforts to improve gross margin and cash flow
Lead long term planning for Tesla, including new products/capabilities, and capital need

Sales, Marketing and Service (SMS) Finance works with the Sales, Service and Marketing teams to:

Manage investments into SMS activities
Develop associated forecasts, and lead profitability analysis/improvement initiatives at the global and regional level
Lead pricing efforts, including options and services, and business planning for retail, service and sales enablement
Develop and evaluate ROI for new markets, new business models, used vehicles, and service

Responsibilities

Review spend requests from business operations to support with cost reduction efforts
Provide timely financial reporting to leadership and highlight key findings
Analyze business KPIs and financial metrics for the weekly finance review (e.g. pricing and sales program performance, delivery cost evolution, marketing spend efficiency)
Develop excel models with automated SQL queries for recurring analysis needs
Build and maintain automated reporting tools (Python automations, Streamlit apps, and HTML dashboards powered by SQL queries) using AI coding assistants

Requirements

Pursuing a degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Data Science or another quantitative field
Evidence of good ability, especially within an ambiguous and fast paced environment
A robust analytical skill-set Excellent modeling skills (Microsoft Office Excel is mandatory; experience with SQL is a plus)
Experience using AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, Grok) in a work environment to develop Python automations and dashboards is preferred, but not required
Independent, critical thinker who questions and investigates results, including AI output, rather than taking them at face value; detail-oriented and execution focused
Level C1 in English (Strong verbal, written and presentation skills)
Highly collaborative and team-oriented