Strategic Finance Intern

Job Description

At Fivestars, our mission is to help businesses and communities thrive by turning every transaction into a relationship. Over 50 million people use Fivestars to get rewarded at more than 14,000 local businesses with one rewards program. Local businesses use Fivestars to bring more customers into their stores with an all-in-one marketing and payments program. Fivestars drives over $3 billion in local commerce across its network per year. Fivestars has raised $105 million from HarbourVest, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, DCM, Y-Combinator, and others.

Fivestars is seeking a Summer 2020 FP&A / Strategic Finance Intern (June-July) to join our Finance Team. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to create and distribute financial reports, work on strategic projects, and provide ad hoc analysis for the organization. You will also have the opportunity to own and create a model that will be presented to the senior Finance leadership team at the end of the internship.

What you’ll do:
- Support Strategic Finance and FP&A teams in key analyses and deliverables
- Create and distribute monthly financial reporting and variance analysis
- Work with cross-functional teams on projects (ex. tracking and measuring the success of new sales channels)
- Assist in developing ad hoc model builds for strategic analysis
- Create a model to be used for staffing and related expense projections
- Assist in developing finance and business presentations and related supporting materials for senior leadership
- Communicate issues, risks, bugs and testing progress in a detailed and timely manner
- Help to ensure budget and forecast accuracy in Netsuite

Qualifications

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business or Economics
- Preliminary understanding of financial modeling and financial statements
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) and GSuite
- High attention to detail and accuracy and strong analytical skills required
- Ability to work independently, maintain tight deadlines, solve problems quickly, creatively and proactively
- Remain flexible in a constantly changing environment with changing requirements
- Work ethic that exudes integrity, accountability, and professionalism
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to partner cross-functionally
- Excellent modeling and building skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Suburb commission skills
- Ability to partner with various teams within the company