Be essential at Cars Commerce
At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.
No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.
But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we’re obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.
About the Role:
Cars.com is seeking an Intern to assist the Performance Analysis team responsible for forecasting, reporting on and analyzing key operating metrics in order to provide Cars Commerce leadership with the best forward-looking information available to make critical business decisions and understand previous performance so that we will become better predictors of the future.
Responsibilities include:
- 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
- Assisting with compiling, updating, and improving database detailing project work by hour including designated capitalizable work and individual performance
- Directly support and report to the Senior Analyst with Daily / Monthly analyses
About YOU:
- 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 Word, PowerPoint
- Sophomore, Junior or Senior in a 4-year accredited degree program in the study of Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related field
About Our Internship Program:
Our Summer Internship Program at Cars Commerce is designed to help undergraduate students learn professional skills through a combination of mentorship, on the job training, in-person skills training/development days, and team projects.
Program Details & Benefits:
- 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
- Benefits: Gain real-world experience within a rapidly-innovating, publicly traded tech company, contribute to key projects that leave a lasting impact, and form lasting connections with various levels of our organization along with your fellow interns! Learn more about our program here!
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Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:
- 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
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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
- Learn more about our Benefits, Perks, & Culture on our LinkedIn Life Pages!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. California Applicants: Click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Applicants. For current employees, please click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Employees.
