Financial Analyst Intern

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.

• 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!

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.

You’ll work across the full breadth of strategic finance, from partnering with business leaders to the model and reporting that make good decisions possible. As a hands-on member of a small and mighty team, you will:

• 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…