Strategic Finance Intern

Bright Machines • Burlingame, CA

7d

About The Position

Bright Machines is seeking a Strategic Finance Intern to support strategic finance, investor relations, and business decision-making. The intern will analyze investment returns and trade-offs for major spending decisions, conduct market and competitor research, and help improve finance processes using AI. The role partners with stakeholders across the company, including operations and senior leadership, to support cash forecasting and understand the project timelines that affect cash position.

The intern will help identify relevant KPIs and analyze company performance, including revenue, margins, and spending, presenting findings and recommendations to leadership. They will also contribute to the investor financial model, investor-facing materials, and ongoing investor communications, while identifying and driving cross-functional strategic projects. The position offers hands-on experience at a growing, next-generation manufacturing company and direct work with senior leadership. Compensation is $40–$45 per hour.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Analyze investments and ROI for major spending decisions, including capital expenditures, new initiatives, and resourcing decisions.
• Size markets, track competitors and comparable companies, and translate findings into pricing insights and materials for investors and leadership.
• Use AI to improve finance, strategic finance, and investor relations processes by building apps, skills, and workflows for team use.
• Partner with stakeholders and department heads, including the head of operations and senior leadership, to forecast cash inflows and outflows related to capital expenditures and project timelines.
• Help leadership determine which KPIs to track; analyze KPI results, revenue, margins, and spending; and present findings and recommendations.
• Help refine and maintain the investor financial model and develop the investor story using growth, margin trajectory, and unit economics analysis.
• Contribute to investor-facing materials and support ongoing investor communications.
• Identify business needs and propose strategic projects, partnering cross-functionally and with senior leadership to drive improvements.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience at a company at a pivotal growth stage.
• Direct work with senior leadership and partnership with stakeholders across the company.
• Practical experience applying AI to finance and investor relations work.
• Experience inside a next-generation manufacturing company shaping AI infrastructure.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern