What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Operations Analyst position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
We're seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Financial Operations Analyst to join our Commercial Billing team. This strategic role sits at the intersection of finance, operations, and customer partnership, driving revenue integrity, billing accuracy, and long-term customer health.
What You'll Do
- Monitor AR aging daily, identify trends and risks, and perform root-cause analysis on delinquencies
- Execute the full billing lifecycle from intake to delivery, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and SOP alignment
- For complex or custom requests, coordinate cross-functionally with Legal, Tax, Sales Ops, and Accounting to define requirements and ensure proper accounting treatment
- Proactively engage with repeat B2B customers to resolve payment issues, manage payment plans, negotiate balanced terms, validate communications, and collaborate with Legal on advanced cases such as arbitration
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and scale operations through automation initiatives
- Propose and coordinate automation efforts using SQL, Power BI, workflow tools, system enhancements, or AI
- Maintain and monitor dashboards tracking key metrics such as AR aging, cash application accuracy, and work ticket cycle time, and any other areas assigned
What You'll Bring
- Have 3-5 years of experience in finance, operations, or billing with a track record of solving complex or ambiguous problems and have evidence of exceptional ability
- Are fluent in Excel and comfortable using SQL alongside internal financial systems
- Think like a problem-solver
- Are driven by ownership, accuracy, continuous improvement, and a hunger to increase scope and capacity
- Can lead cross-team conversations even without formal authority
- Believe financial operations is about building trust, controlling risk, enabling partnership, and executing with completeness and accuracy
- Thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment where innovation, creativity, and big-picture thinking are required
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
- Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.