Visiting Finance Associate (all genders)

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Visiting Finance Associate, you will work closely with our Head of Finance and take ownership of recurring finance, planning, analysis, and strategy-related topics. Your mission is to support transparent financial steering, improve operational workflows, and contribute to high-impact projects across finance, strategy, and partnerships. A key part of the role will be identifying opportunities to automate, digitize, and improve finance-related workflows, including the implementation of AI-supported processes for reporting, analysis, documentation, and operational finance tasks.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Work directly with our Head of Finance on topics at the heart of ERC's company-building journey, including budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, and day-to-day finance operations Support recurring financial planning and analysis processes that create transparency on how the company is performing and where resources are allocated Take ownership of hands-on operational finance tasks such as invoice tracking, month-end close preparation, data checks, documentation, and financial process coordination Drive financeand strategy projects end-to-end, from structuring the problem and building analyses to deriving recommendations and presenting results Support high-impact ad-hoc projects, including grant applications, partnership economics, contract analysis, business cases, and investor-related analyses Identify, improve, and automate finance workflows, with a focus on building scalable processes, better data quality, and AI-enabled ways of working Work cross-functionally with teams across ERC to connect financial data, operational processes, and strategic decision-making

WHAT YOU BRING

Currently enrolled in a Master's degree programme in Finance, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field First relevant experience through internships or roles in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, consulting, or a hi