Corporate Strategy Intern

Arcesium LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 67,000; Part time

Job summary

Arcesium LLC in New York is seeking a motivated Corporate Strategy Intern to join our Strategy team. You will evaluate growth opportunities, analyze market trends, and help define the company’s strategic initiatives while engaging with senior leadership.

You will build financial models, support go-to-market plans, and create presentations for executives. A bachelor’s degree in a related field is mandatory, with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills and the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field is mandatory.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Interest in corporate strategy, financial services, Fintech, or management consulting; ability to use common LLMs, including working knowledge of prompt engineering basics.
• Ability to build agent workflows or AI-built widgets.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Analysis: Conduct market, competitive, and financial analyses to support strategic initiatives, new market entry, or M&A considerations.
• Corporate Planning: Assist in annual and long-range planning, by building and maintaining financial models, running scenario and sensitivity analyses, and tracking progress against KPIs. Partner with Finance to turn assumptions into forecasts that leadership can act on.
• Market Intelligence: Track industry trends, emerging technologies (including AI), and competitor moves across the segments we serve.
• Go-to-Market Support: Help assess and refine growth plans for specific client segments. Analyze the market opportunity, model revenue scenarios, and identify gaps in our offering and positioning.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Sales, Finance, and Technology to gather data, test ideas, and turn strategic priorities into concrete initiatives with owners and timelines.
• Executive Communications: Develop presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials for senior management and board-level reviews.
• Special Projects: Support ad hoc analyses on operational improvement and other priorities.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Prompt engineering basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field

Tools

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Job description

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

Position Summary

As we continue to grow and expand our market presence, we are seeking a highly motivated and analytical Corporate Strategy Intern to join our dynamic Strategy team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the long-term success of the organization and shape the future of our business.

As an intern in the Corporate Strategy Team, you will play a crucial role in evaluating growth opportunities to enhance our competitive positioning, analyzing market trends, and driving definition of the company's strategic initiatives. You will have exposure to our senior leadership, including the CEO, CTO, CRO and others, and you will work on our key growth initiatives. Your insights and recommendations will guide business decisions and contribute to the overall growth and success of the company.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Analysis: Conduct market, competitive, and financial analyses to support strategic initiatives, new market entry, or M&A considerations.
• Corporate Planning: Assist in annual and long-range planning, by building and maintaining financial models, running scenario and sensitivity analyses, and tracking progress against KPIs. Partner with Finance to turn assumptions into forecasts that leadership can act on.
• Market Intelligence: Track industry trends, emerging technologies (including AI), and competitor moves across the segments we serve. Produce competitive benchmarks, pricing comparisons, and vendor landscape maps that shape leadership discussions and product positioning.
• Go-to-Market Support: Help assess and refine growth plans for specific client segments. Analyze the market opportunity, model revenue scenarios, and identify gaps in our offering and positioning.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Sales, Finance, and Technology to gather data, test ideas, and turn strategic priorities into concrete initiatives with owners and timelines.
• Executive Communications: Develop presentations, dashboards, and briefing materials for senior management and board-level reviews.
• Special Projects: Support ad hoc analyses on operational improvement and other priorities.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field is mandatory
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Interest in corporate strategy, financial services, Fintech, or management consulting Ability to use common LLMs, including working knowledge of prompt engineering basics
• Ability to build agent workflows or AI-built widgets.

The expected monthly base salary for this position is $5,500.

The applicable annual base salary paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.

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Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.