FP&A AI Summer Associate
About The Position
Are you passionate about finance but equally obsessed with the power of Artificial Intelligence? We are seeking a highly motivated FP&A Summer Associate to join our team in San Mateo and spearhead our finance automation initiatives. In this role, you will have the opportunity to participate in impactful projects that help to drive and shape the way FP&A operates. You will not only crunch numbers and create reports, but you will also act as the bridge between finance and technology. You will partner with our FP&A managers to map out existing workflows across our primary financial systems (NetSuite, Workday HCM, and Workday Adaptive Planning) and design AI-driven solutions to automate repetitive tasks, enhance data accuracy, and generate predictive insights.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, or a closely related field.
- Strong foundational understanding of core finance concepts (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis).
- Proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets and a strong willingness to push beyond traditional spreadsheets.
- A fundamental understanding of Generative AI, Machine Learning concepts, or robotic process automation (RPA).
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with enterprise financial systems, specifically NetSuite, Workday, or Workday Adaptive Planning, is a strong plus.
- Hands-on experience using APIs (e.g., OpenAI API) or building custom scripts to parse financial data from ERP/EPM systems.
- Curiosity and a "hacker" mindset. You love figuring out how to make software do the heavy lifting for you.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical AI/ automation concepts to non-technical finance professionals.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and document current FP&A workflows within NetSuite, Workday, and Adaptive Planning to identify bottlenecks, manual data-entry points, and areas for automation.
- Research, test, and implement AI tools (e.g., LLMs, Microsoft Copilot, custom Python scripts, or RPA) to streamline data extraction and consolidation across our financial stack.
- Build and present working prototypes of automated financial models or dashboards that reduce manual processing time for month-end reporting and variance analysis.
- Develop optimized prompts and queries to extract actionable financial insights from large datasets pulled from our ERP and EPM systems using Generative AI tools.
- Work closely with FP&A, Investor Relations, Accounting, Data/IT, and other cross-functional teams to ensure automated solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant with financial controls.
- Assist the FP&A and Investor Relations team with ad-hoc financial modeling, close activities, market benchmarking, competitive analysis and preparation of executive dashboards to understand the foundation of the process you are automating.
Benefits
- Your projects will directly reduce manual hours for the Freshworks finance team, and your solutions may be adopted permanently.
- Hands-on experience at the intersection of enterprise finance tools (NetSuite/Workday/Adaptive) and SaaS AI.
- Direct access to senior finance leadership and data science experts who will guide your professional development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
