Finance and Strategy Intern, Robinhood
Summer 2027
$33 USD hourly
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$33 USD hourly
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program in business, finance, economics or a related field with an expected graduation date in Winter 2027/Spring 2028
- Ability to influence decisions through effective verbal and written communications, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives
- Excellent analytical skills, a passion for metrics, and the business judgment to balance the details without losing sight of the big picture
- Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet and presentation software, including Google Sheets, Google Slides, Excel, and PowerPoint
- A positive attitude — a desire to work hard, be creative, stay curious, and maintain a can-do approach
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems
- We’re looking for bold thinkers
- Sharp problem-solvers
- Builders who are wired to make an impact
- Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers
- We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do
- Expectations are high, and so are the rewards
- The Finance and Strategy team partners across Robinhood to drive long-term shareholder value by helping business leaders make strategic, financially sound decisions
- We provide insights through analytics, build scalable frameworks for financial management, and help align the company’s operations and capital allocation to our corporate priorities
- As a Derivatives Finance & Strategy (F&S) summer intern, you will collaborate with finance leads to provide financial insights into two of Robinhood’s newest business lines - Futures and Prediction Markets
- This position will assist in linking business and operational decisions with financial outcomes, playing a direct role in setting and tracking revenue targets and keeping leadership advised of key trends
- A successful intern will be able to build insightful financial models, dashboards and presentations that are ready for executive-level consumption to drive strategic decisions across the Derivatives business
- Synthesize and distill financial data and provide important insights for leadership
- Partner closely with business partners from product management, engineering, legal, partnerships, and accounting to evaluate new products, communicate performance vs. budgets and forecasts, and identify action items
- Prepare key financial decks weekly, monthly, and quarterly; highlight actionable trends and insights for Brokerage product team leads
- Construct P&L, unit economic, and cash flow models and summarize finance recommendations for business partners
- Assist in improving and simplifying processes, drive standardization, and build scalable solutions to support the next wave of Robinhood's growth
Our take
For years, traditional brokers ruled the share trading realm, charging hefty fees that locked out everyday investors. Robinhood emerged as a disruptor, offering commission-free trading and opening the door to a new generation. Since then, expectations have continued to evolve, with investors looking not just to lower costs, but for simpler tools, clearer information, and guidance that makes the market easier to understand.
Robinhood was built to meet those changing expectations, designed from the start as a mobile-first platform that makes investor more accessible and less intimidating for people at every stage of their financial journey. Through its app, users can trade stocks and other financial instruments while benefiting from a clean interface and built-in educational support, helping them move from curiosity to confidence without unnecessary complexity.
Recently, Robinhood has strenghtned its impact too, particularly in the UK. With the launch of AI-powered Digests within its Robinhood Cortex assistant that helps users understand what's driving stock movements in plain English, while upcoming options trading and expanded educational resources add flexibility and depth. Together, these steps position Robinhood as a platform evolving alongside its users, blending technology and education to stay ahead in an ever-changing investment landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met Baiju. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood. Alongside Robinhood, Vlad is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Harmonic.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their Vlad and co-founded Robinhood in 2012. Baiju is also the Founder and CEO of Aetherflux.
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