Senior Financial Analyst, Product Development

About Rivian

Rivian is 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.

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst – Product Development to evolve and scale how we plan, manage, and measure investment in Rivian’s future products. This role sits at the intersection of Finance, product development operations, process design, and digital enablement, with a clear mandate: build robust, repeatable financial disciplines that help Rivian make faster, better product decisions.

You will be a core member of the Product Development Finance team, leading key planning, forecasting, and reporting processes across product programs and owning financials for major areas of product development spend. As a connector between Finance, Product Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, and our technology teams, you will help shape how tools like SAP, Adaptive Insights, and our analytics platforms work together to support a scalable, data‑driven operating model for product investment.

• Shape the economics of future products: You will guide how we allocate and manage hundreds of millions in product development investment, directly influencing margin, capital efficiency, and program viability.
• Create the operating rhythm for Product Development Finance: You will design and refine the core financial processes—budgeting, forecasting, month‑end close, and BOM tracking—that keep product programs aligned and accountable.
• Turn data into decisions: You will transform large, complex data sets into clear insights and recommendations that help leaders in Product Development, Engineering, and Supply Chain move with confidence.
• Standardize how work gets done: You will design and improve end‑to‑end finance workflows across programs and sites, reducing friction, increasing transparency, and enabling teams to focus on the highest‑value work.
• Connect tools, teams, and timelines: You will partner closely with Accounting, FP&A, and systems teams to ensure our financial tools, data structures, and processes actually reflect how product development happens on the ground.

• Operate as a key member of a lean, high‑impact Product Development Finance team supporting multiple vehicle and technology programs.
• Build strong partnerships with Product Development, Engineering, Program Management, and Supply Chain leaders to align financial plans with program milestones and technical realities.
• Mentor peers and junior analysts by sharing best practices in modeling, storytelling, and process design, elevating the overall quality of financial insights delivered to stakeholders.
• Establish clear working rhythms with cross‑functional partners (e.g., recurring reviews, forecast checkpoints, variance deep dives) that create predictability and shared accountability.

• Own end‑to‑end financial management for a major area of product development spend, including budgeting, forecasting, tracking, and variance analysis.
• Lead initiatives that align product development spend with cost and profitability targets, challenging assumptions and identifying trade‑offs to protect long‑term value.
• Partner with Program, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to connect engineering activity, program scope, and BOM decisions to their financial impact.
• Support the evolution of how Product Development work is financially structured (e.g., by program, system, or function) so that reporting reflects how work is actually executed.

• Lead the planning and forecasting cadence for assigned product programs, ensuring timelines, inputs, and outputs are clear, consistent, and actionable.
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