Summer Intern - Finance & Operations - Financial Analyst
University Summary
VMware recognizes that today’s students are tomorrow’s trailblazers and we value the opportunity to benefit from your fresh perspective. If you thrive in an open, innovative, technology-driven culture, VMware could be the place for you! You will be exposed to a wide range of software platform technologies that are utilized by customers all over the world.
Business Summary
98% of Fortune 500 Companies use VMware Technology!
VMware believes that software has the power to unlock new possibilities for people and our planet. Our software forms a digital foundation that powers the apps, services, and experiences transforming the world. VMware streamlines the journey for organizations to become digital businesses that deliver better experiences to their customers and empower employees to do their best work. Our software spans compute, cloud, networking and security, and digital workspace.
Every day, we work to solve our customers’ toughest challenges through disruptive technologies like edge computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, Kubernetes and more–to define the digital foundation that will accelerate the next wave of innovation. When you work here, you’re connected to a global community surrounded by a culture of possibility, where ideas ripple out and have a positive impact on communities everywhere.
Job Role and Responsibilities
As an intern in the Product and Cloud Services (PCS) Finance Team, you will work alongside the business partners in the product development organization. As an integral member of the finance and business leadership teams, your overarching responsibility is to provide financial information and analysis that is relevant, trusted, and insightful so that the executive leaders can make effective decisions that improve VMware’s performance. Your specific responsibilities could include:
- Drive SaaS enablement and P&L management for high growth business units
- Lead business unit (BU) Finance FP&A Analysis
- Provide executives with clear insights into drivers of business growth, risk, and opportunities
- Build models to determine future bookings and revenue
- Influence R&D investment decisions through product portfolio analysis
- Analyze Marketing programs, business trends, and pricing analysis
- Create strong internal infrastructure for budget management, tracking, and reporting
- Gather, consolidate, and analyze operating and financial results while explaining the trends and drivers behind the numbers
- Perform market opportunity assessment and financial modelling for R&D business cases
- Establish business partnership with R&D, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Accounting
- Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools and processes
Requirements:
- Pursuing a Bachelors in Finance, Accounting or relevant field of study.
- Results driven and problem solving mindset with strong ability to ambiguity and adapt to changing business requirements
- Especially strong analytical skills and a natural disposition toward data drive decision making
- Strong interpersonal skills, including effective writing and presentation skills, and ability to work with and influence senior level business partners
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to think creatively, take ownership of tasks and adapt to changing business requirements
Preferred Skills:
- Ability working with cross functional teams
- Enterprise level experience and comfortable with executive-level management interaction
- Strong and independent thinker and influencer
- MS Excel, Hyperion, Salesforce, SAP BOBJ, Tableau, Power BI, or related systems and tools skills
This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsored by VMware.
This role is available to currently enrolled Bachelor-level students only. Internship is a 12 week program during Summer 2021.