A Day in the Life of a Tesla Financial Analyst (Bay Area)

Day in the life as a Tesla Financial Analyst (North America & Pacific Sales and Service Infrastructure Finance) in the California Bay Area. Walk through a detailed breakdown of a financial analyst's typical workday featuring team meetings, modeling projects, report creation, and other important analyst tasks.
Note: Financial Analysts at Tesla are also sometimes called FP&A Business Operations Analysts.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Role Details
1:20 - Morning Routine
2:30 - Team Meeting
3:10 - Project Work
4:21 - Lunch
4:43 - Real Estate Project Work
5:58 - 1x1 Meeting with Manager
6:17 - Spend Request Approvals
7:11 - Dinner & Gym
7:22 - Leftover Work
8:06 - Wind Down & Relax
Disclaimer: No real internal Tesla figures or materials were shown in this video. The content captured in this video is based on my previous experience as a full-time FP&A Business Operations analyst at Tesla.
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[@chriswalter92]

Private equity sounds like a mechanism that extracts the most amount of value from a business, and transfers that wealth to the few general partners. Everyone loses - the business, the employees, the local consumers, the tax payers.... except for the general partners

[@tahirisaid2693]

The people you’re claiming don’t benefit wouldn’t have benefited with or without the private equity buyout. The business was failing before private equity came in, they just more efficiently manage the end of the companies life. Most likely allowing most companies to work there longer than they would have been able to do before.

[@georgestone0123]

There's not enough downside to being bad at PE in my opinion, you still make tons of money. Hard to find another job where you can make so much for an extended period of time while being so terrible. if you have enough finance, reach out to an Adviser.

[@TinaMyles]

How can I reach an adviser, do you seem to know any? because I'm seeking for a more effective jobs and investment approach.

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[@ronnies.3440]

Great video - thanks for the day in the life of a FA @ Tesla. I recently graduated with a Math degree and hoping to get into this field. Quite a pivot, but it's where my post-grad interest lies. Appreciate the insight.

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[@davidbaker9943]

Great to see a day in the life of a FA like myself.

[@brandonjim901]

goodness i could never do what you did ! that’s crazy hard work

[@itsjustme684]

He went straight to the point!!!

[@sierra9713]

This is fantastic. I'm an old duffer, and we had nothing like the info contained in this video when I was starting my career. Incredibly high-value!!!! 🔥

[@tarelakentebe465]

Great video. My day is similar, looking at moving into FP&A in the future. side note: going back to work after dinner and gym, I could never!

[@AndresBaraya]

Thank you so much for this video!!

[@georgeochieng8954]

Great stuff. Surprised by the spend approval function as part of your role.

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Loved this video

[@Pastadeadguy]

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Awesome video!!

[@KenjiExplains]

Nice video, keep them coming!

[@careerprinciples]

Will do Kenji! Thanks for the support.

[@sa3757]

Besides the awesome details and explanations of the routines, I was just impressed by the video skills and effort. I need to start with learning how to make videos like that! What tools/software you used for this?

[@MrMRforever]

Eye opening video

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Cool vid ❤

[@berkan4287]

Great video. Are you working with only Excel for data cleaning or using another programming languages such as python etc ?

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I really enjoyed watching this. You told a story about your life, while simultaneously including your work schedule. - Future analysts

[@saintsx1958]

Very easy schedule. I love it!

[@spikeydude114]

Great video! How do you tackle one off high ticket expenditures? So for example if one property had to do a one time refurbish due to hail damage? Now you have one month that is much higher than the rest ... how do you deal with that variance?

[@JG_Vietnam]

He sounds like he was taking the IELTS speaking test lol. Love his accent!

[@YanBrassard]

I would never be able to be a Financial Analyst. I start at 8:30AM, finish at 4:30PM and I take an hour break at noon and two 15 min breaks throughout the day (morning & afternoon). At 4:30PM I'm already tired of work. lol

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What do you work as ?

[@sierra9713]

Good lord - what do you do?! Even the "cushy" jobs in Vermont are 8a-5p...

[@el7075]

What do you do for work?

[@YanBrassard]

You guys were wondering what I'm doing for work. I'm a pension administration employee in an insurance company. I spend most of my days investigating problems and analyzing death claims for annuity group policies. I'm not really passionate about what i'm doing (my background is in political science) but I'm not complaining because I have a stable permanent job in a business division in important growth (aging population) and I can manage my time the way I want. I also work remotely and I can go work in a coffee shop if I have no meeting. I can do some overtime but very rarely. It used to be a nightmare a few years ago when I was also taking inbound calls from annuitants who were always calling to complaint about where's their money. I was on the brink of a burnout. But I am not facing the client anymore, I'm just analyzing claims and doing more complex tasks while listening to music with my headphones (and I used to do overtime + following a tight call center schedule + not being able to work from a coffee shop). All things considered, I can't complaint even if yes, I am tired of work after 4:30pm. It's the closest to my dream job considering that without my call center experience in an insurance company and the support of a cool manager who always trusted me and offered me training sessions with specialists to eventually get out of the call center and become a full time analyst, I would never be doing this.

[@Gbb93]

Michael, do you feel like Financial analysts typically pertain to a specific personality type? Or do you feel like it varies between highly introverted and extroverted, etc?

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Great video!

[@careerprinciples]

Cheers!

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[@ChristosLouridas]

Very nice and it has some data entry stuff included right? Looks like a nice schedule. Especially the work from home part.

[@careerprinciples]

A bit of data entry, but a lot more data sourcing from the company database and data cleaning. Cheers!

[@Brian-cb3ce]

​@@careerprinciplesthose are way too many hours 😂. You get 3 day weekend at least? at that rate you're making like min wage 😂

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The illustrations are so well done bro! What was your initial career path - did you come from a finance or accounting background and have your CFA or CPA?

[@abdirizak7766]

Doubtful

[@MasterOfTheUniversePSD]

he was a fresh college grad

[@UNKNOWN-1589]

Nice video

[@gamingvault6027]

I'm currently looking into getting into the Financial Analyst Field. It has always been a dream of mine to work for Tesla. I have always found everything numbers related easy to come to me, which is what has brought me here. Just wondering if you have any recommendations on where to start on a career with Tesla.

[@gamerswarehousez]

Very useful video thanks for inside! Btw do you know if people can land a Financial Analyst job by doing online certificates from Coursera and Udemy and maybe Google Certificates? Or a Master's Degree is a must to get a job in this role?

[@davidz8122]

looks like fun 🕺🏿

[@lucadesanctis563]

Can you make a video about your Excel files? Would like to see what functions/features you use the most. Congrats on the video, very interesting for a Business Administration grad like me ^^

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Cheers Luca! Noted your idea on the most used Excel functions and features.

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@@careerprinciples What sounds harder to your "ears"? 1. Certified Public Accountant or 2. Masters Degree in Statistics?

[@Gbb93]

Pivot tables likely

[@willzinner8813]

Can you do a video on a financial analyst interview?

[@careerprinciples]

Noted. More videos incoming!

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Hey there! I'm planning to pursue Mba in Finance in Canada, but I'm not 100% sure if I'll be able to do it. Could you please help me to make a wise, rational decision.

[@wearetogether1100]

Do you get leave on Saturday Sunday... Do you work during weekends??

[@michael.cfa7]

did you need a cfa?

[@pfuhad3760]

Is FP & A and Financial analyst same

[@peterthepisces]

Im confused isn't Tesla in Austin now?

[@Eduardo-xl8hu]

Awesome video, so in theory you are a half account haf analyst

[@tristanontheway]

wow it seemed really tough

[@careerprinciples]

Haha yeah, lot's of work and a lot of work exposure

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Ur headphones on the thumb nail is on backwards.

[@mariachristinesalamat]

Hi i want to be a financial analyst but i have no experience about that can you help me

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Brother what are your qualifications?

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[@irshviralvideo]

FYI - this guy is making 7 figures with stocks and stuff !!! Avergae base for his role - 350k USD and stocks is like 500k per year

[@WolfLegends]

Thats director level salary...entry level anaylst probably at 70k base

[@irshviralvideo]

@@WolfLegends err, this is tesla dude. base is min 180k in california $. Stocks have gone up a lot in last 3 years so maybe he started with a 100k a year equity grant but now that is worth at least 400k a year given the stock has 4X since. So 400+180 = 580k

[@breadstick7431]

No one gonna talk about the fact the video says 'Bay Area' whilst he is subscequently walking around UK streets, lol

[@davidc4408]

Not UK streets

[@breadstick7431]

@@davidc4408 you sir need glasses

[@davidc4408]

@@breadstick7431 maybe parts are UK but other parts certainly not as can see $ sign on food court outside

[@jamesd1567]

what college did you go to?

[@dianamy9572]

1:56

[@mattydsmith]

Looks like you're in the UK, not the Bay Area?

[@davidc4408]

House is tiny as bay area. Looks like a small uk house.

[@boidoanhnim9755]

I graduated with a information system degree and I have CFA level 1. What do I need to become a financial analyst?

[@Deeb741]

nothing, this should get u through the door.try applying for analyst jobs

[@dohyun4787]

And learn more about excel

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[@chanellllee]

What degree do you have?

[@jasonszebqe]

🫡🫡🫡 corporate life not fun 😔

[@peterpetram]

You are working really long hours.

[@thomashelby_6642]

How to become financial analyst

[@saudmir24]

Full day work 😐☠️

[@chuckynorris616]

I'm sorry, did you meant to say day in the life of a wage slave in the Bay Area?

[@irshviralvideo]

cmon dude, you work at Tesla and you are saving money on food ?? cmon stop being cheap

[@rider2878]

Looks booring

[@MS-zi3pw]

It is. It is the most boring job there is . I worked as an accountant, god I hate it. Switched to tech sales instead

[@wlkp69]

sounds really borings day to day

[@valentinarios2627]

I would like to know what you studied and how you pursued Financial Data Analysis. I’m in the process of choosing my career; I would like to be an accountant but also want to delve into data analysis. Thanksss for your video 🫶🏻

[@almurabitun]

Are you AI or a real person