Are you an MBA student with an interest in understanding the corporate finance function and its role in a dynamic, public company environment? Do you have strong analytical skills, an ability to communicate complex ideas to diverse populations, and an interest in driving process improvement?  Join us and gain exposure to the business model transformation, revenue forecasting process, financial modeling and metrics support, and global process management.

 

Autodesk is in the midst of a business model transformation – a move to subscription-based offerings and a cloud platform.    The finance team is deeply involved in this transition, working with all other parts of the business. 

 

We start interviewing in January 2017 for our Summer 2017 Internship program which will run from June - August.

 

About Autodesk

Autodesk’s vision is to help people imagine, design, and create a better world.   We do this by developing software and services for the world’s designers, architects, engineers, digital artists, professionals, and non-professional alike -  who design and make the world’s places (architecture, engineering, and construction), things (manufacturing), and media (games and digital entertainment). 

 

Here are some examples of projects areas you can impact while an MBA intern at Autodesk: 

 

Apply your critical thinking skills to provide insightful analysis to help identify new ways of thinking about our business and the potential to accelerate revenue growth. This project will provide exposure to the CFO and leadership team as well as the opportunity to interact with others such as division Finance Business Partners and Pricing teams at various levels of the organization.

 

With Autodesk continuing to transform its revenue to new business models, the operations (technical support, order management, supply chain, and other) play an important role in bridging our customers for both existing and new models. Help the Executive Staff measure and monitor progress through dashboards and analyses on customer experience, trends, costs, and new technologies to automate and streamline support. Help the Executive Staff measure and monitor progress through dashboards and analyses on customer experience, trends, costs, and new technologies to automate and streamline support.

 

Bring your ideas to improve how we forecast revenue globally. In this role, you will interview global finance personnel to understand how Autodesk finance works to research and document the 'as-is' process in place for billings forecasting and the conversion to revenue and propose an optimal state and project plan, including organizational design, tools, and methodologies, which would result in the best possible process for forecasting billings and revenue.

 

Positive attributes desired:

· Superior Excel modeling and Access database skills

· Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

· An interest in driving process improvement

· Report writer skills or strong aptitude, preferably utilizing Business Objects

· Great interpersonal and communication skills

 

To be eligible for an internship at Autodesk, you must be a full-time enrolled student in an MBA program with at least one semester to complete after the Summer 2017.