Berlin, Germany (office-first)
FP&A Strategy Intern — Corporate FP&A
About the team
Corporate FP&A is the strategic finance partner to SumUp's leadership — the team that turns numbers into the decisions that move the business. We build the forecasts, models, and business cases behind budget allocation, pricing, and new market launches, and we sit close to the executives who act on them. As our FP&A Strategy Intern, you'll own real analysis from day one and see your work land in front of senior decision-makers.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate budget allocation and business plans
- Examine internal financial data to identify risks and opportunities and provide financial expertise to support managerial decision making
- Support cross-functional projects to maximise financial performance, such as pricing strategies, revenue optimisation, or cost reduction initiatives
- Develop business cases to assess the financial viability of projects, including product or market launches, and provide data-driven support for senior leadership reporting and presentations.
- Develop and monitor KPIs and financial metrics to assess performance, while also contributing to the optimization and automation of finance-related processes through the implementation of new methodologies and/or tools.
You'll be perfect for this role if…
- You're finishing (or about to finish) a Master's in finance, economics, or a related field.
- You think in a structured, hypothesis-driven way and can break an ambiguous problem into clear analysis.
- You've had a first taste of fast-paced problem-solving through internships in consulting, venture capital, startups, banking, or FP&A.
- You're confident building models in Google Sheets and telling a crisp story in Google Slides, and you can automate your work with Apps Script (or you're keen to learn).
- You have a solid grounding in finance and accounting basics, you know your way around cost centers and GL accounts and how the numbers fit together, and you're comfortable working with finance tools like SAP and Pigment.
- You can explain complex financial ideas simply to people outside of finance.
Why you should join SumUp
- Work on real strategic questions alongside SumUp's finance leadership, with analysis that feeds decisions affecting millions of merchants
- A steep learning curve and direct mentorship from FP&A managers
- Extras like an Urban Sports Club subsidy and subsidised office lunches
- A truly global, multicultural team of 3,000+ SumUppers from 90+ nationalities
About SumUp
At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe with simple, affordable tools that help them thrive. Over 4 million businesses across 37 markets rely on SumUp to manage payments, finance, and customer relationships. SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other basis protected by law.
Job Application Tip
We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.
Skills Required
- Finishing or about to finish a Master's in finance, economics, or related field
- Structured, hypothesis-driven problem solving and ability to break ambiguous problems into analysis
- Experience building financial models in Google Sheets
- Experience creating clear presentations in Google Slides and presenting findings to stakeholders
- Familiarity with finance tools such as SAP and Pigment
- Solid grounding in finance and accounting basics, including cost centers and GL accounts
- Internship experience in consulting, venture capital, startups, banking, or FP&A
- Ability or willingness to automate workflows using Apps Script (or eagerness to learn)
- Ability to explain complex financial ideas simply to non-finance stakeholders
SumUp Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SumUp and has not been reviewed or approved by SumUp.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is positioned as a standout, including 22 vacation days that increase with tenure, public holidays, a quarterly Wellness Day, special leave, and a fully paid one‑month sabbatical after three years. This combination makes time-off benefits feel notably robust in the overall rewards package.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical plan options (including carriers such as Cigna and Kaiser) plus dental and vision. Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage are also part of the protection package in the U.S. materials.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a published 401(k) match formula that provides an employer match up to a stated cap. The clarity of the match structure supports straightforward evaluation during offer comparisons.
SumUp Insights
What We Do
SumUp believes that every business should have access to affordable, easy-to-use financial solutions, no matter their size. That’s why more than 3 million businesses worldwide rely on SumUp to run their business. What started out as one card reader has now turned into a range of payment hardware, banking solutions, marketing, and loyalty tools, invoicing, and so much more. From sales and marketing to product and engineering, our cross-functional US team works together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
Why Work With Us
SumUp USA is part of the global SumUp organization that stretches across multiple continents from Berlin to Sao Paulo. Our teams are multicultural, have a collaborative mindset and bold goals. Join our mission if you want to become part of the success story and help empower over 3 million merchants using SumUp already!
Gallery
.jpg)
