Cars.com is hiring a
Financial Planning and Reporting Internship in United States

Summary

The job is for an intern position in the Media Performance Analysis team at Cars Commerce. The intern will assist in forecasting, reporting, and analyzing key operating metrics to provide leadership with critical business decisions. The role requires a highly organized individual with strong attention to detail, proficient in Excel, Tableau & PowerPoint, and a student in a 4-year accredited degree program in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related field.

Requirements

• Highly organized with a keen attention to detail and strong focus on accuracy
• Ability to meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment
• Ability to follow set standards in order to maintain consistency of deliverables
• Desire to continuously improve, learn, including beyond just his/her area of responsibility. Continuously seeking ways to do things better, faster, with less manual intervention
• Ability to follow instructions and utilize constructive feedback
• Passionate, energetic, approachable with a positive, low-ego, can-do demeanor
• Proficient in Excel; experience with Tableau & PowerPoint
• Sophomore, Junior or Senior in a 4-year accredited degree program in the study of Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related field

Responsibilities

• Producing monthly and quarterly financial variance reporting of actuals to forecast, budget and prior year
• Collaborating with business partners to identify business drivers of key metrics to develop outlooks for the month and forecasts for the remainder of the year
• Turning variance analysis into business insights to better inform senior management to make critical business decisions and improve forecasting accuracy
• Providing insights and counsel to key business partners to ensure that performance targets are achieved in the most efficient means possible
• Leveraging current performance reporting to conduct sensitivity analysis, trend analysis, and business case modeling, as applicable
• Directly support and report to the Manager with Daily / Monthly analyses

Benefits

• Gain real-world experience within a rapidly-innovating, publicly traded tech company
• Contribute to key projects that leave a lasting impact
• Form lasting connections with various levels of our organization along with your fellow interns!
• Program Duration: June 10th - August 16th
• Pay Rate: $17.50/hour
• Hours: Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Location: Hybrid. (Work remote and work from the office 1-2 days out of the week)
• Equipment: Company issued laptop provided
• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• 401(k) with Company Match + Immediate Vesting
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day