Associate, Strategic Finance

FOL Management; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Flow is seeking an Associate, Strategic Finance in New York to inform company strategy, build models, and stand up new processes with a high degree of autonomy.

You will collaborate with leaders across product, operations, and capital markets, leveraging quantitative insights and AI tools to drive decision-making and create value across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 1–2+ years in investment banking, consulting, private equity, strategic finance, or startup operating role.
• Proven financial modeling and presentation skills; ability to build a model from scratch.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and act like an owner.
• Fluency with AI tools and a strong interest in applying them to finance and strategy.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities; energized by zero-to-one problems.
• Curiosity about unfamiliar industries and business models; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with business leaders on strategy, long-range planning, and strategic alternatives.
• Drive monthly close, budget-vs-actual, and rolling reforecast, linking performance to revenue, headcount, and spend drivers.
• Build and maintain financial models, unit economics, and business cases for key decisions.

Skills

Financial modeling

Presentation skills

Strategic thinking

AI tools

Independent work

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

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.

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

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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.