Finance & Strategy Associate at Phia in New York, NY

Summary: Phia is a fast-growing consumer technology platform that has raised $43M to build the AI alignment layer for commerce. As a Junior Finance & Strategy Associate, you will support financial and operational processes, assist with FP&A work, and help maintain the systems that drive business performance and decision-making. Responsibilities: - Assist with FP&A work by maintaining financial models, pulling monthly and quarterly reports, and helping turn data into clear summaries for the team, including historical analysis and budget forecasting - Support the tracking and analysis of business and financial metrics across revenue, growth, and operations on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis, surfacing insights and trends to support decision-making - Help prepare investor materials and update quarterly reports, ensuring everything is accurate, clean, and presentation-ready - Help streamline reporting processes by building more automated and scalable solutions, including leveraging AI tools to reduce manual work - Help field cross-departmental operational requests by finding the right information and following through until things are taken care of - Support the tracking and maintenance of company OKRs, keeping progress up to date and surfacing insights to the leadership team - Take on ad-hoc projects across the business and run with them independently Required Qualifications: - 0.5–2 years of full-time work experience in finance, accounting, consulting, operations, or a related field - Proficient in Excel / Google Sheets and PowerPoint, with the ability to build and navigate a spreadsheet without hand-holding - Excellent communication and presentation skills - Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing competing priorities - Curious, proactive, and adaptable in a high-growth, fast-moving environment - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience Required Skills: Finance, Accounting, Consulting, Operations, Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint