Associate, Strategic Finance

Lever, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness benefits

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Employee discounts on Flow stays

Job summary

Flow is seeking an Associate in Strategic Finance to inform company strategy, implement new initiatives, and coordinate capital markets activity in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll build financial models, run monthly close, and prepare board-ready analyses while leveraging AI tools to improve reporting and dashboards. Ideal candidates show curiosity, initiative, and strong communication skills in a high-growth setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 1–2+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, private equity, strategic finance, or a startup.
• Excellent financial modeling and presentation skills.
• Fluency with AI tools and a genuine interest in applying them to finance and strategy work.
• Ability to operate independently and take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally on strategic finance initiatives and long-range planning.
• Manage monthly close, budget-to-actual, and rolling reforecast processes.
• Build models, unit economics, and business cases for strategic decisions.
• Support board and leadership materials and ad hoc analyses.
• Contribute to equity and debt financing materials as needed.

Skills

Financial modeling

Presentation skills

Independent owner mentality

AI fluency

Communication

Ambiguity management

Fast learner

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

About the Company

At Flow, we’re reimagining what it means to live, work, and connect. More than just a real estate company, Flow is a brand, a technology platform, and an operations ecosystem spanning condominiums, hotels, multifamily residences, and office spaces. We’re building a new kind of living experience: one that’s flexible, connected, and designed to create genuine community and real value for the people who call Flow home.

Our mission is oneness: prioritizing our residents and their experiences, and fostering connection with ourselves, their neighbors, and the natural world. By putting people at the center of everything we do, we’re creating vibrant, human-centered communities where life, work, creativity, and play all come together in one place.

About the Role

We're looking for a passionate, driven individual to join our team as an Associate, Strategic Finance. The Strategic Finance team is responsible for informing company strategy, implementing new business initiatives, coordinating capital markets activity, and performing advanced financial modeling. You will have a unique opportunity to work cross-functionally and use quantitative insights to drive better decision-making across the whole organization, including standing up processes from zero to one. The best candidates will be quantitatively excellent, intellectually curious, AI-native, and able to operate with a high degree of autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with our business leaders on all aspects of strategic finance, including but not limited to business plan formation, long-range planning and strategic alternatives
• Drive monthly reporting cadence — close actuals, budget-vs-actual, and the rolling reforecast — and connect reported performance to the revenue, headcount, and spend drivers behind it
• Build and maintain financial models, unit economics, and business cases to support key strategic decisions across the organization
• Support the broader Strategic Finance mandate, including long-range planning, board and management presentations, and ad hoc analytical questions that inform company strategy
• Contribute to materials and process for future equity and debt financings as needed
• Leverage AI tools to build out and improve existing models, dashboards, and reporting architecture

Ideal Background

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• 1–2+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, private equity, strategic finance, or an operating role at a high-growth startup
• Excellent financial modeling and presentation skills — comfortable building a model from a blank sheet
• Proven ability to take initiative, operate independently, and act like an owner
• Fluency with AI tools and a genuine interest in applying them to finance and strategy work
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities — energized by zero-to-one problems
• Intellectually curious and quick to get up to speed on unfamiliar industries, business models, and technical domains
• Strong written and verbal communication; can distill complex analysis into a crisp narrative
• Willingness to work under pressure to produce outstanding results
• Track record of integrity, sound judgment, and genuine collaboration

$110,000 - $130,000 a year

Benefits

We take care of our people so they can do their best work.

• Health and Wellness Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance and parental leave benefits. On-staff doctor, free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, an Employee Assistance Program, and other wellness offerings.
• Time Off PTO and paid holidays.
• Financial 401(k) retirement plan, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, HSA-compatible plan options with annual employer HSA funding and pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Life at Flow Weekly catered lunches, wellness classes and employee discounts on Flow hotel stays, grocer products, and merch.

Flow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.