Company Description
Pharus is a startup company operating in stealth mode in Chicago with founders from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and Northwestern Kellogg Business School. Our company is dedicated to guiding traditional founders in building extraordinary businesses through financial recommendations. We are creating a business intelligence platform that leverages AI to help non-finance business operators make decisions like a seasoned CFO. Our mission is to make high-level financial guidance accessible, efficient, and affordable for all small businesses.
Role Description
We are seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our team and work with our founding team to help use data to build insightful financial metrics. This position, based in Chicago, offers a hybrid work environment and is perfect for someone looking to wear multiple hats and gain cross-functional experience. The role involves working closely with our founder and technical team to shape and design the analysis of financial data that we utilize for our AI model and create visualizations with for guiding founder behavior.
This job requires physical presence or ability to commute to Chicago 3 day / week. If you are not open to relocating to Chicago, please do not apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the technical team to design and improve the data structure and data pipelines.
- Assist in developing data journey from customer create to insight
- Utilize BigQuery and SQL to restructure and organize data in repeatable processes
- Assist with translation of financial models into data structures
- Translate business and user needs into functional requirements.
- Share opinions and insights into the company roadmap
Ideal Candidate
- Background in Financial Analysis or Data Analysis required, Financial Modeling or Accounting exposure a plus
- Strong interest in startups, data analysis, and AI-driven solutions.
- Direct experience working with SQL to analyze and organize data required, experience converting these into visualization (using a tool like Looker, BI, Tableau or using Excel / Google Sheet) a plus
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Required Skill / Experience:
- Candidate must have experience working with US based companies, preferably SMBs
Role Type
- At this time, we are open to individuals seeking a summer internship of 8 - 12 weeks or individuals interested in coming on full-time. We are more focused on finding the right person and making a role that fits than making a role and finding a person to fit it.