Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance

Rivian; Palo Alto (CA); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Rivian Automotive seeks a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst to own and scale Rivian’s Long-Range Financial Plan, building rigorous models and partnering with Engineering, Operations, and Commercial teams to guide executive decisions.

This role emphasizes end-to-end ownership of complex projects, cross-functional diligence, and translating quantitative output into clear, board-ready materials.

Responsabilidades

• Build dynamic, auditable three-statement financial models, DCFs, and scenario frameworks from scratch.
• Scope and diligence of business cases by defining problem statements, sourcing data, stress-testing assumptions, and identifying key sensitivities.
• Lead Long-Range Plan workstreams, aligning assumptions with reporting baselines and capital strategy.
• Run scenario and sensitivity analyses across volume, costs, pricing, and capital intensity.
• Translate finance into action with concise memos and executive decks for rapid decision-making.
• Drive cross-functional consensus among Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Accounting.

Educación

Bachelor

Descripción del empleo

About Rivian

Rivianis on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary

About the Strategic Finance Team Strategic Finance is a lean, high-impact team that sits at the center of Rivian's most critical executive decisions. The team owns Rivian's Long-Range Financial Plan (LRP) — the foundational roadmap connecting corporate ambition with resource requirements and capital strategy. Beyond enterprise planning, the team evaluates major corporate transactions, novel commercial structures, capital allocation decisions, and strategic partnerships. The team has been involved in helping Rivian raise more than $15 billion in capital across equity, debt, joint venture, and strategic partnership transactions, including Rivian's partnership with Uber and its Department of Energy loan program. Our scope extends across the entire enterprise, partnering with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Corporate Development, Accounting, and Investor Relations to turn high-level strategy into concrete, auditable plans.

As a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst, you will take on unstructured, high-stakes financial questions that shape Rivian's financial trajectory. You will lead the development of novel business cases, pressure-test investment economics, and evaluate strategic opportunities with direct visibility to the C‑Suite and executive leadership. This role is designed for a self‑directed modeler who combines rigorous financial fundamentals with strong business intuition. You will take ownership of complex projects from end to end — scoping the question, gathering and diligencing assumptions across cross‑functional teams, building robust financial frameworks from scratch, and synthesizing recommendations into executive‑ready narratives.

• Steward Enterprise Trajectory: Own core components of Rivian's Long-Range Financial Plan (LRP) to align product roadmaps, capacity plans, and multi‑year operations with corporate cash runway and capital strategy.
• Architect New Business Cases: Build rigorous financial models from the ground up to evaluate new market entries, technology investments, commercial partnerships, and make‑vs‑buy decisions.
• Rigorous Cross‑Functional Diligence: Partner directly with technical leaders across Engineering, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations to diligence assumptions, challenge consensus, and ensure data integrity.
• Shape C‑Suite Decisions: Translate multi‑layered, multi‑scenario financial models into crisp memos and executive presentations that drive rapid decision‑making.
• Modernize Financial Workflows: Integrate advanced analytics and modern AI productivity tools to accelerate data synthesis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario iteration.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst, you will take on unstructured, high-stakes financial questions that shape Rivian's financial trajectory. You will lead the development of novel business cases, pressure-test investment economics, and evaluate strategic opportunities with direct visibility to the C‑Suite and executive leadership. Why This Role Matters

• Steward Enterprise Trajectory: Own core components of Rivian's Long-Range Financial Plan (LRP) to align product roadmaps, capacity plans, and multi‑year operations with corporate cash runway and capital strategy.
• Architect New Business Cases: Build rigorous financial models from the ground up to evaluate new market entries, technology investments, commercial partnerships, and make‑vs‑buy decisions.
• Rigorous Cross‑Functional Diligence: Partner directly with technical leaders across Engineering, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations to diligence assumptions, challenge consensus, and ensure data integrity.
• Shape C‑Suite Decisions: Translate multi‑layered, multi‑scenario financial models into crisp memos and executive presentations that drive rapid decision‑making.
• Modernize Financial Workflows: Integrate advanced analytics and modern AI productivity tools to accelerate data synthesis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario iteration.

What You'll Do

• Build Models from Scratch: Develop dynamic, clean, fully auditable three‑statement models, DCFs, and scenario frameworks from zero without existing templates.
• Scope & Diligence Business Cases: Take ambiguous strategic questions, define the problem statement, source data from cross‑functional partners, stress‑test cost/revenue assumptions, and identify key sensitivity variables.
• Lead Long‑Range Plan Workstreams: Maintain and enhance core LRP models, partnering with FP&A, Accounting, and business partners to ensure assumptions align with actual financial reporting and historical baselines.
• Run Scenario & Sensitivity Analyses: Model complex "what-if" trade‑offs covering volume variations, cost‑down roadmaps, pricing dynamics, and capital‑intensity shifts.
• Translate Finance into Action: Synthesize technical and financial complexity into punchy, high‑impact executive decks, strategy memos, and board‑level materials.
• Drive Cross‑Functional Consensus: Serve as the connective tissue across Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Accounting to ensure numbers tie out and strategic initiatives remain financially grounded.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Bachelor