Finance & Strategy Associate

Overview

As a Junior Finance & Strategy Associate at Phia, you'll support the financial and operational backbone of a fast-growing consumer technology platform. Working closely with executives and cross-functional teams, you'll help maintain the systems, models, and processes that drive how the business tracks performance, communicates with investors, and makes decisions. You'll operate at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations — supporting FP&A and accounting while also serving as a reliable partner to internal teams navigating day-to-day business needs. This is a hands-on, early-career role designed for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, takes ownership naturally, and wants to build a strong foundation in finance and business operations at a scaling startup.

About Phia

Phia has raised $43M from Notable Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins, with backing from founders and operators like Vlad Tenev (Robinhood), Mellody Hobson (Ariel Investments), Naomi Gleit (Meta), and Mati Staniszewski (ElevenLabs), plus a roster of cultural leaders, to build the AI alignment layer for commerce. In just over a year, Phia's consumer shopping agent has surpassed 1.5 million users and partnered with 9,600+ retail brands across contemporary, resale, and luxury, representing billions in annual gross merchandise volume. We scan more than 350 million products to help shoppers find the right pieces at the best price, cutting return rates by 50%, and we're on pace for nine-figure sales growth this year.

In an era where AI vertical agents are reshaping every industry, commerce is on the verge of a complete transformation. Phia is reinventing shopping from a fragmented, impersonal experience into one that feels intelligent, trusted, and built around each user's intent. This foundation of trust is our wedge to become the end-to-end shopping destination for the next generation of buyers.

Phia is a lean, high-ownership team building at startup speed. If you want to ship at high velocity and solve complex problems in consumer AI and commerce, this is the place to do it.

Who You Are

• Detail-Oriented: The small stuff matters to you, not because someone told you it does, but because you genuinely care about getting things right. You read things twice, double-check your work, and take quiet pride in delivering something clean.

• Reliable + Hustle: You show up, follow through, and don't need reminders. People know that when you're on something, it's handled. You bring energy to the work without making a big deal out of it.

• Entrepreneurship + Autopilot: You're naturally curious about how things work and why decisions get made. When something's unclear, you figure it out rather than wait for someone to hand you the answer. You're comfortable taking initiative and find it satisfying when you can make something run a little smoother.

What You Own

Finance (30%)

• 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.

Operation (70%)

• 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.

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.