Financial Analyst Intern (Summer 2027)

Relay; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern showcase

Raleigh HQ experience

Mentorship by leadership

Job summary

Relay, the Intelligent System of Action for the physical economy, is seeking a Financial Analyst Intern to join the FP&A team in Raleigh, NC. You’ll support planning, forecasting, and reporting, partnering with senior leaders to measure KPIs and drive the annual operating plan as Relay scales toward growth and potential IPO.

You will build and automate analyses with AI tools, develop clear financial narratives for the board and investors, and own components of the driver-based model while

Qualifications

• Strong academic record and working towards a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.
• Experience with financial modeling in Excel/Google Sheets.
• Fluent in AI tooling for automating reporting and analysis.
• Excellent communication and ability to partner across functions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and quantify strategic shifts.
• Help run the annual operating plan and long-range plan end-to-end.
• Automate data ingestion, reporting, and reconciliation using AI.
• Develop analyses and recommendations for the executive team.
• Prepare board, investor, and lender materials.
• Define and track KPIs and build dashboards.
• Own and extend the financial model.
• Support OpEx planning and analysis.
• Run monthly close scorecards and variance packages.

Skills

Financial modeling

Excel/Google Sheets

AI tooling fluency

Strong communication

Analytical horsepower

Ownership mindset

Integrity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Math

Job description

Relay is the Intelligent System of Action for the physical economy. While the digital revolution has often left the deskless workforce behind, we are closing that gap by transforming analog frontline operations into a data-rich, AI-powered ecosystem. We aren't just selling radios, we’re building the digital foundation for the 80% of the global workforce that doesn't work at a desk.

What Makes Our Summer Intern Program Different

• Executive and senior leadership team exposure - regular touchpoints with Relay's leadership team, including Q&A coffee chats, Breakfast with the CEO, and working sessions.
• Cross-functional cohort - work alongside interns across every part of the business, not just your team.
• Structured learning - regular skill‑building sessions covering topics from product strategy to financial modeling to sales craft to professional networking and interviewing skills.
• Real ownership - you'll own a project from kickoff to final presentation, with mentors and fellow Relayers who are invested in your success.
• Intern showcase - present your work to the full company at the end of the summer.
• Raleigh HQ experience - team lunches, volunteer Intern Impact day, social events, and a chance to see how a scaling tech company operates up close!

Now, here’s what we’re building, and where you come in.

As a Financial Analyst Intern on the FP&A team, you’ll play a hands‑on role during a defining phase of Relay’s growth as we scale towards a potential IPO. Reporting to the Manager, FP&A, you’ll help build and run the planning, forecasting, and reporting engine that informs decisions across the company. We are looking for an exceptional early‑career professional — someone with a strong academic record, seeking experience in a rigorous analytical environment, and fluent in modern AI tooling. You’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with senior business leaders on the real problems that come with scaling a company: thinking critically about how we measure success and the KPIs that matter, driving the annual operating plan for the entire business, and building deliverables for our most senior audiences: the board, investors, and lenders.

What You Will Do

• Partner with business leaders on the decisions that matter. Work side by side with functional leaders to understand their priorities and the drivers they own, then help quantify, plan, and pressure‑test the strategic shifts that move the business forward.
• Drive the planning process. Help run the annual operating plan (AOP) and long‑range plan end‑to‑end; gather inputs from functional owners, use numbers to inform company strategy, and keep the planning process organized and on schedule.
• Build, transform, and automate with AI. Automate data ingestion, reporting, and reconciliation — then go further, finding new ways to bring AI across financial planning and analysis, from sales forecasting to scenario modeling, to transform how the team works and how much it can take on.
• Build analyses and recommendations for senior leadership. Develop analyses, scorecards, and recommendations for the executive team, including the CEO and CFO, by translating the numbers into a clear story with a point of view.
• Prepare board, investor, and lender materials. Help assemble board packages, business reviews, and diligence/data‑room materials for investors and lenders.
• Define and track the KPIs that matter. Shape how the business measures success — build and maintain dashboards, deliver clean, trustworthy business intelligence (BI), and keep metric definitions consistent across the team.
• Own and extend the financial model. Help build and improve our driver‑based model, refining assumptions, adding scenario layers, sharpening cohort and unit‑economics logic, and keeping inputs clean and reconcilable.
• Partner on operating expense planning. Be a key partner to cross‑functional teams as they plan and spend for their investments while we scale rapidly, supporting operating expense (OpEx) planning and analysis.
• Run recurring reporting and close support. Produce the monthly operating scorecard and variance packages within days of close and help reconcile actuals quickly and accurately.

What You Will Bring

• Financial foundation: Previous internship experience in a rigorous, analytically demanding environment (e.g., management consulting, investment banking, private equity, growth equity). You have experience working through ambiguous and challenging problems, you work at pace, and you hold a high bar for quality. Direct FP&A or strategic finance experience and exposure to a B2B SaaS, software, or hardware company are each a plus, but we place most weight on raw analytical horsepower, intrinsic drive to make an impact, and enthusiasm.
• Modeling and analytical skills: Strong Excel/Google Sheets financial modeling skills and a genuine affinity for numbers. You can synthesize information quickly and simplify a complex set of variables into a clear answer.
• AI‑tooling fluency: You’re comfortable with — and excited about — using modern AI tools to automate reporting, clean data, and accelerate analysis. You actively look for leverage rather than doing everything manually.
• Range over lanes: You like variety and can flex to wherever the business needs you; OpEx partnering one week, BI/dashboard delivery the next. You’re a versatile generalist.
• High‑velocity operator: You have a bias for action and thrive in a fast‑paced, ambiguous, build‑as‑you‑go environment. You bring a continuous‑improvement mentality to the processes you touch.
• Clear communication: Strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to a range of audiences. You’re relationship‑oriented and partner well across functions.
• Owner mentality: You take accountability for your work, sweat the details, and follow through by building repeatable processes.
• Integrity: You hold the highest standards of integrity and are trustworthy with sensitive financial information.
• Education: Strong academic record and working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Math, or another quantitatively rigorous field, with a track record of high achievement. Familiarity with US GAAP is a plus but not a prerequisite.

Working at Relay

Our Finance team maintains a strong in‑office presence to foster creativity and connection. Candidates for this role should expect to work in person 5 days a week at our Raleigh, NC office.

About Relay | Culture, Benefits & Perks

Our culture hinges on Relayers getting LIT up in an environment that fosters Learning, Impact, and Teamwork, where we CHASE the best work of our lives. We call this BWIML (Best Work In My Life).

The future of frontline work is being built here. Come build it with us. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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