Financial Analyst Intern

About Bayside Strategies

Headquartered in Melbourne, the firm is employee-owned. Bayside Strategies is a management and technology consulting firm with 450 employees worldwide.

The internship

This is an Excel-heavy role. If you enjoy cleaning data and building models, apply. Remote within Australia. The team meets in Melbourne once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do

• Research industry benchmarks and competitor financials from annual reports.
• Maintain the monthly closing checklist and chase pending items.
• Collect expense data from department heads and reconcile it with the books.
• Review invoices for accuracy before they go to accounts payable.
• Support pricing analysis for new plans or products.
• Analyse unit economics such as CAC, LTV and contribution margin by product line.
• Write short notes explaining trends in revenue and spending.

Who can apply

• Available for the full internship period.
• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Available 25 to 40 hours a week for at least 3 months.
• Able to keep financial information confidential.
• Good with numbers and careful with details. Small errors in finance cause big problems.
• Strong MS Excel: VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables and basic charts.
• Laptop with desktop MS Excel installed (not only the web version) and stable internet.

Preferred

• Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau.
• CFA Level 1 cleared or in progress.
• Financial modelling course or case competition experience.

What you'll learn

• Month-end close and variance analysis in practice.
• Building financial models that are used for real decisions.
• Certificate and a strong reference for CA articleship or entry-level finance roles.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $2,600 - $3,200 pcm

What we offer

• Reference on completion.
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Flexible working hours.
• Laptop provided.

Applications close when we find the right person, so get in early.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Bayside Strategies Pty Ltd.