Strategic Finance Intern

Bright Machines • Burlingame, CA

9d • $40 - $45

About The Position

Bright Machines is seeking a Strategic Finance Intern to support strategic finance and investor relations work at a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure. The intern will build business cases for capital expenditures, initiatives, and resourcing decisions; conduct market and competitor analysis; and use AI to improve finance and investor relations processes. The role partners with stakeholders across the company, including senior leadership and the head of operations, to support cash forecasting, management reporting, investor materials, and strategic projects.

The internship offers hands-on experience at a company in a pivotal growth stage, direct work with senior leadership, practical experience applying AI to finance and investor relations, and exposure to a next-generation manufacturing company building AI infrastructure. The compensation listed is $40–$45 an hour.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing an MBA.
• Background in FP&A, investment banking, or consulting.
• Strong financial modeling instincts.

Responsibilities

• Build investment and ROI analyses for capital expenditures, new initiatives, and resourcing decisions, quantifying returns and trade-offs.
• Conduct competitive and market analysis, including market sizing and tracking competitors and comparable companies, and use findings to inform pricing and investor and leadership narratives.
• Apply AI to improve finance, strategic finance, and investor relations processes by building reusable apps, skills, and workflows.
• Partner with stakeholders and department heads, including the head of operations and senior leadership, to manage capital expenditure inflows and outflows and understand project timelines that affect cash position.
• Help determine key management KPIs and analyze KPI results, revenue, margins, and spending; present findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Refine and maintain the investor financial model and support the investor narrative with analysis of growth, margin trajectory, and unit economics.
• Contribute to investor-facing materials and support ongoing investor communications.
• Identify business needs and propose strategic projects, working with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to drive improvements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern