Financial Planning & Analysis Intern

Backmarket
Bordeaux, France
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward finance students comfortable with monthly reporting and budget development, this internship in Bordeaux emphasizes collaboration with the finance team and a hyper-growth environment.

Best fit for

  • Finance students with prior corporate finance or audit experience and a focus on process development
    — “You have a first experience (at least 5 or 6 months) in Corporate Finance and/or Audit and/or financial consulting”
  • Candidates who thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments and value impact-driven work
    — “impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment”
  • Individuals who are fluent in English and capable of working in a multilingual setting
    — “English is no-brainer for You and French is a plus”

Things to consider

  • The internship requires a full-time commitment with a 35-hour weekly schedule in Bordeaux
    — “Full-time (35H/week)”
  • Candidates must have a valid internship agreement from their French school to qualify
    — “Internship agreement from your French school required”

How to stand out

  • Highlight prior experience with financial reporting and budget development in your resume and interview
    — “Participate in the preparation of monthly reporting including operational KPIs and the company’s financials”
  • Demonstrate your ability to synthesize conclusions and communicate them effectively
    — “the ability to synthesize conclusions”
  • Emphasize your technical proficiency with Google Suite, particularly Google Sheets
    — “Excellent mastery of Google Suite (or equivalent) tools with Google sheets in particular”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Participate in monthly reporting
  • Develop annual budget and monthly forecasts
  • Assist with ad-hoc reports and projects
Typical background
Student in Finance or equivalentFirst experience in Corporate Finance, Audit, or Financial Consulting

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial AnalysisBudgetingForecastingReporting

Preferred

Corporate FinanceAuditFinancial Consulting

About the role

Original posting from Backmarket via Ashby

HI, WE’RE BACK MARKET.

We’re here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new. We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new.

Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new. In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows. From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have.

Are you ready to join us?

As Financial Planning & Analysis Intern, you will help produce reliable and insightful financial data and reports to ensure Back Market’s financial health and growth and help structure our process. In this role, you will work closely with the finance team to support the development of our budget and forecasts.

YOUR MISSION (IF YOU ACCEPT IT): 🥇

  • Participate in the preparation of monthly reporting including operational KPIs and the company’s financials, Board of Directors materials & other ad hoc analyses.
  • Participate in the development of the annual budget and monthly forecasts.
  • Assist the team with ad-hoc reports, data analysis, presentations, and projects (such as reviewing services pricing models or revamping financial tools).

YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IF: ⭐

  • Student in Finance (or equivalent)
  • Looking for a 6-month internship in Bordeaux
  • English is no-brainer for You and French is a plus.
  • You have excellent verbal/written communication skills with the ability to synthesize conclusions.
  • You have a first experience (at least 5 or 6 months) in Corporate Finance and/or Audit and/or financial consulting
  • Excellent mastery of Google Suite (or equivalent) tools with Google sheets in particular
  • Team player with a strong sense of accountability and ownership, and not afraid of working in a demanding hyper-growth environment
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP ℹ️

  • Starting date: January 2027
  • Duration: 6 months (until June 2027)
  • Schedule: Full-time (35H/week)
  • Location: Bordeaux, France
  • Contract: Internship agreement from your French school required

RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 📅

  • Video-call Interview
  • Technical test (home assignment)
  • Skills fit interview
  • Cultural fit interview

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼

At Back Market, we’re committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — it’s one of the reasons we’re such a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2).

No matter your role and seniority level, you’ll enjoy impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment — with benefits to match, like:

  • A mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet. Seriously.
  • Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days.
  • Employee Resource Groups, including mentorship programs, comprehensive accessibility policies, and cultural competency training.

At Back Market, we strive to create a workplace that embodies the world we’re trying to change. We’ve embedded our diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our DNA — from dedicated staff to employee resource groups to our company values.

We know that the perfect background for a role doesn’t mean the perfect fit — we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications.

If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.

Source: Backmarket careers (Ashby)

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