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Welcome to the CarMax Corporate Recruiting Program!
As you consider your future, you’re probably asking yourself these questions:
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What kind of company do I want to work for? |
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What kind of career do I want? |
If you're close to obtaining your Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Mathematics or another
quantitative discipline, CarMax has some exciting opportunities waiting for you at an established and
growing company in an exciting industry.
Currently, we are actively seeking qualified candidates for the following fields:
About the Accounting & Finance Career Development Program
As an associate of the Accounting & Finance Career development program, you will gain the experience
you need for a successful career in Accounting and Finance with CarMax.
Program Details
Our comprehensive career development program includes:
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2-3 Year Program, with rotations lasting 6-12 months |
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Salaried Positions with Annual Merit Reviews |
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Mentor Support |
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Interaction with Upper Management |
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Technical and Financial Training |
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Leadership/Supervisory Experience |
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Occasional Travel to CarMax Stores and CarMax Auto Finance |
Rotation Possibilities
Your assignments will be based on your career development and the needs of the company, including positions in:
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Accounting & Finance Career Development Program Requirements
The CarMax Corporate Accounting & Finance Career Development Program is designed for 4-year
college graduates with business-related degrees. Other qualities we’re looking for include:
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Strong GPA and academic performance |
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Creative problem-solving skills |
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Proven leadership abilities |
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High energy and motivation |
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Strong decision-making skills |
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Commitment to success |
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Drive for continuous company and self-improvement |
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Flexibility |
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Integrity |
About the Accounting & Finance Internships
CarMax Accounting & Finance internships are designed to expose you to a corporate environment and give
you valuable hands-on experience while you are completing your degree. Our Accounting & Finance
Internships are based on business needs and available throughout the year, including summers. Please note
our Campus Recruiting schedule for opportunities to learn more about current internships.
As an Intern, you will:
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Earn competitive pay |
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Develop technical and business skills |
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Work one-on-one with a mentor |
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Interact with management |
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Contribute ideas and opinions |
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Complete individual and group projects |
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Be able to receive housing assistance based on residency |
Project opportunities are available in a variety of departments, including:
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Accounts Payable |
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Accounts Receivable |
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Division and Budget Accounting |
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Financial Reporting |
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Tax |
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Treasury |
Strategy Analyst (Full-time & Summer internships)
13 years ago, CarMax started as a way to make the car buying experience simple, fair, and fun. Today CarMax is a FORTUNE 500 retailer and one of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” And we are hiring talented individuals for Strategy Analyst positions who are interested in:
-- Solving original, wide-ranging, and open-ended business problems
-- Not only discovering new insights, but successfully implementing them
-- Making a significant mark on a growing company
-- Developing the fundamental skills for a rewarding business career
What is the profile of a Strategy Analyst?
If that sounds like you, the Strategy Analyst position could be the unique opportunity you’ve been looking for. The strategy team at CarMax currently consists of over 30 analysts, many of whom are recent college graduates from top schools with a variety of academic backgrounds (computer science, economics, English, engineering, journalism, math, political science).
An ideal candidate will have:
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Top-caliber analytic and problem solving skills |
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History of achievement demonstrated by top GPA and/or other recognition such as scholarships, awards, honor societies |
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Passion for business and desire to develop into a strong business leader |
Candidates must be authorized to work in the US for any employer on a full-time basis.
In which business areas do Strategy Analysts work?
These analysts lead advances and decisions in several key business areas:
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Inventory and pricing: What is the optimal selection of inventory, how do we acquire it, what should we pay for it, what should we price it for? |
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Expansion planning: Which markets should we enter and how do we store those markets? Will each $10-30 million store investment generate a sufficient economic return? |
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Credit strategy: How can we approve more customers for financing? And how can we convert more of those approvals into sales? |
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Marketing and consumer insights: How do we reach our customers, increase traffic to our stores, and best use the internet to drive sales and build our brand? |
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Industry and competitive research: what middle- and long-term risks are we exposed to, and how best do we prepare to respond? |
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Production: How do we increase vehicle reconditioning quality while reducing cost and production time? |
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Sales process and workforce: what is the best way to serve customers in our stores, and how do we manage, motivate and compensate our sales team? |
How do Strategy Analysts make an impact?
Even early in your career at CarMax, you will have the responsibility to own an area of the business and will be expected to improve it. For example, one undergraduate recruit used data analysis to reformulate our retail pricing strategy, pitched and sold his idea to the senior executive team, and implemented a new system nationwide in his first 6 months with the company.
That is the kind of impact you can make at CarMax. And as you do this, you will work closely with the senior executives and analytical managers to develop the fundamental and advanced skills that underpin a successful career in business. In fact, most of our managers in the strategy group started at CarMax as analysts, and our VP of Strategy and Analysis started his career here through our undergraduate recruiting program. While an MBA is not required to advance or contribute at CarMax, analysts who have chosen to pursue a business degree have enjoyed superior acceptance rates at their first choice schools, including Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, Chicago, UVA, and Duke.
Why CarMax?
Your opportunities to develop, contribute, and lead as an analyst at CarMax are as great as the company’s opportunity to grow. While CarMax is already the largest used car retailer in the country (with over $6 billion in sales and over 70 superstores across the country), we have only 2% of the 1 to 6-year-old used car market, which, at $280 billion annually, is bigger than the home improvement or consumer electronics industries. CarMax is already growing at 15-20% a year, and over the next 10 years plans to have 250-300 stores and achieve $25+ billion in annual sales.
As an analyst, you can be an integral part of that growth, all while enjoying a casual and friendly environment, a diverse group of talented associates, a healthy work-life balance, and excellent compensation and benefits.
How do I apply?
We encourage you to apply. If you attend one of the schools where we conduct on-campus interviews (refer to the calendar above), please apply through your career services system..
Interviewing for summer 2007 internships will generally begin in the spring. For more information, please visit us at the career fair, or email us at college_recruiting@carmax.com.
CarMax - Information Technology
(Software developers, system technicians, telecommunication specialists)
CarMax, a Fortune 500 company and one of the Fortune 2008 "100 Best Companies
to Work For", is an innovative retail growth company. Founded with a
customer-friendly offer and automated business solutions, CarMax is reinventing
the way used cars are sold. This unique value proposition is paying off; with
80 superstores in 35 markets, CarMax is already the nation’s largest retailer of
used cars and with targeted growth rates of 15-20% new stores per year, CarMax
sees significant opportunity to continue its national expansion strategy. To
help us with this growth, we are hiring talented individuals who are interested
in:
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providing original, wide ranging, open-ended business solutions |
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designing and developing software solutions |
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making a significant contribution on a growing company |
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developing the fundamental skills for a rewarding career |
If that sounds like you, an IT position at CarMax is the unique opportunity
you’ve been looking for. The MIS team at CarMax currently consists of over 150
associates with a variety of academic backgrounds and areas of expertise.
These areas include:
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Custom software development and support |
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Package software implementation and customization |
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Telecommunications/network design planning and implementation |
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Hardware configuration and support |
CarMax IT associates work with the latest technology and tools to enable our
store and corporate associates to have the best systems possible. This provides
our customers an informative and rewarding retail experience that gives CarMax a
competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Your opportunities to develop, contribute, and lead as an associate at CarMax are
as great as the company’s opportunity to grow. While CarMax is already the
largest used car retailer in the country (with over $7 billion in sales and over
80 superstores across the country), we have only 2% of the 1 to 6-year-old used
car market, which, at $280 billion annually, is bigger than the home improvement
or consumer electronics industries. CarMax is already growing at 15-20% a year,
and over the next 10 years plans to have 250-300 stores and achieve $25+ billion
in annual sales.
As an associate, you can be an integral part of that growth, all while enjoying a
casual and friendly environment, a diverse group of talented associates, a
healthy work-life balance, and excellent compensation and benefits.
An ideal candidate will have:
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Demonstrated top caliber analytic and problem solving skills |
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History of achievement demonstrated by top 20% GPA, and/or other recognition such as scholarships, awards, honor societies |
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Passion for business and desire to develop into a strong business leader |
We encourage you to apply. For more information, please visit us at the career
fair, or email us at college_recruiting@carmax.com.
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