FP&A Intern – Financial Planning Analysis

Job Description

FP&A Intern (Summer 2027) | Neighbor

The Tone:
This is an internship at Neighbor, located in Lehi, UT. Neighbor is building the largest hyperlocal marketplace for self storage and parking, with operations in all 50 states and over $75 million in funding. This role is crucial for working with the financial numbers and models that leadership uses to guide the company, offering a direct path to a full-time position for strong performers.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Seasonal
• Location: In-person Lehi, UT

• Team: Reports to the FP&A Manager.
• Mission: Help leadership run the company by building and maintaining financial plans, forecasts, and models, and by the end of the summer, owning expense forecasting for the entire business.
• Tech Stack: Excel, Superset, Tableau, Netsuite, Looker, SQL, PowerPoint, BI tools, Accounting tools, AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Model Creation: Build and maintain the financial models that support annual plans, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategies.
• Performance Analysis: Track actual results against the plan each month and provide clear explanations for any significant differences.
• Marketplace Insights: Model key marketplace economics, including supply and demand growth by market, take rate, and customer acquisition cost (CAC) payback.
• Planning & Budgeting: Develop critical budget assumptions in collaboration with business partners during annual and quarterly planning cycles.
• Leadership Presentations: Turn complex financial analysis into clear conclusions and present them to the team and senior management, including helping prepare materials for quarterly board meetings.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field, graduating by May 2028. This is an Entry-Level internship.
• Experience: Coursework or project experience in building financial models or forecasts. Available to start between April and June 2027 for a 12-week internship, and available for a full-time role within 12 months of completion.
• Skills: Strong proficiency in Excel. Able to work on-site at the Lehi, UT headquarters for the full internship duration.
• Bonus: Prior internship, case competition, or work experience in finance. Familiarity with Superset, Tableau, Netsuite, Looker, or SQL. Experience with PowerPoint and coursework in statistics. Comfortable using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to enhance analysis, coupled with a habit of verifying their outputs.