Capital Strategy Analyst

Finance strategically partners with operations to drive outstanding business results and enhance Ford’s industry leadership. When you join us, you’ll be able to contribute financial expertise that impacts all areas of our company, including planning, manufacturing, marketing and global distribution.

In this position... 

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly analytical and driven Intern to join the Global Treasury team. This role is focused on a critical strategic mission: identifying the financial and operational levers required to optimize Ford’s global cash target.

The current average cash balance of $24.1B is influenced by various operational disruptions and "safety buffers." Your goal is to move beyond high-level targets to quantify the "why" behind these numbers. You will analyze historical data, categorize the costs of operational inefficiencies, and build a data-driven roadmap that allows Ford to safely operate at a reduced cash target of below $20B, thereby driving significant capital efficiency across the enterprise.

What you'll do...

• Historical Data Analysis: Conduct a deep-dive analysis of operational data from 2022 to the present. Categorize and quantify specific events (e.g., quality holds, supply chain disruptions, launch delays) that have historically necessitated a higher cash buffer.
• Cost Quantification: Calculate the "true cost" to the enterprise of holding excess cash. Translate operational disruptions into specific financial impacts on working capital and liquidity.
• Strategy Development: Identify 3–5 specific financial or working capital enablers to mitigate cash outflows. This includes exploring levers such as adjusting supplier payment terms during inventory holds or financial mitigations for delayed vehicle launches.
• Operational Mapping: Define the exact operational and financial conditions required for Treasury to safely lower the global cash target. Map every dollar of proposed reduction to a specific, required change in business operations.
• Executive Reporting: Translate complex working capital data into clear, evidence-based presentations for Treasury leadership to use in cross-functional reviews with the broader business.

You'll have...

• Education: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Analytical Rigor: Strong proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling. Experience with tools like Excel (advanced), SQL, Tableau, or PowerBI is highly preferred.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect micro-level operational events (like a plant hold) to macro-level financial outcomes (like global cash targets).
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to "tell the story" behind the data to senior stakeholders.
• Curiosity: A proactive mindset with the desire to dig into the "root cause" of financial inefficiencies.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service 
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day 
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

This position is a salary grade 4 and ranges from $56,400-$94,900.      
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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