Financial Planning & Analysis Internship - Winter/Spring 2027

About the company

APCO Worldwide

Management consulting · 1,001 to 5,000 employees

What you'll do

• Assist with annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and planning support for corporate and back-office departments.
• Help prepare variance analyses by organizing data, identifying trends or exceptions, and drafting concise observations for review.
• Support the preparation of close, forecast, quarterly review, and leadership materials, including financial data, charts, commentary, and formatting.
• Contribute to recurring analyses related to corporate functions, global initiatives, new-business activity, pipeline trends, and other priorities.
• Conduct ad hoc financial and operational analysis under guidance from finance team members.
• Build effective working relationships across Finance, Accounting, corporate functions, and regional teams.
• Think critically: ask questions, flag unusual results, and connect financial data to the underlying business activity.
• Take ownership of assigned work by clarifying expectations, managing deadlines, communicating progress, and following through.
• Use AI and automation thoughtfully to reduce repetitive work, improve analysis, and learn approved tools and methods.
• Keep human judgment at the center by validating outputs, protecting confidential information, documenting assumptions, and ensuring work remains accurate and reviewable.
• Look for opportunities to improve processes, data organization, and recurring analyses.
• Grow from preparing information to interpreting results and communicating clear takeaways.
• Recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Prior internship, academic project, student leadership, or comparable applied experience is welcome but not required.
• Interest in financial analysis, accounting concepts, budgeting, forecasting, and business decision support.
• Ability to organize and analyze data, identify basic trends and exceptions, and summarize observations clearly.
• Working knowledge of Excel, including formulas, data organization, and comfort learning to work with larger datasets; PowerPoint experience preferred.
• High attention to accuracy, detail, consistency, auditability, and discretion with financial and business information.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to ask thoughtful questions, meet deadlines, accept feedback, and collaborate effectively with a diverse global team.
• Coursework or project experience involving budgeting, forecasting, accounting, data analysis, or business performance reporting.
• Exposure to Excel-based analysis, Power Query, Tableau, Power BI, or another data-analysis or visualization tool.
• Interest in learning budgeting, forecasting, or enterprise resource planning systems such as Adaptive Planning or Maconomy.
• Curiosity about automation, AI-enabled productivity tools, and responsible use of technology in finance.

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