2027 CFO Advisory Consulting Intern

West Monroe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

West Monroe is seeking Consulting Interns to join our Office of the CFO Advisory Practice. As a CFO Advisory Intern, you will help transform clients' accounting, budgeting, planning, and financial reporting processes through process improvements, technology enablement, AI, and operating-model refinements.

Based in Chicago with a hybrid work model, you will support CFOs, help build transformation roadmaps, and assist ERP selections and deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in progress and strong academic record
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership through academics or activities
• Familiarity with AI concepts and data-driven thinking

Responsibilities

• Assist CFOs in improving financial close, reporting, forecasting, and analytics.
• Support IT strategy alignment and ERP-related initiatives including vendor evaluation.
• Apply AI tools to accelerate analysis and generate data-driven recommendations.
• Contribute to transformation roadmaps for processes, technologies, and people.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Leadership

Curiosity about AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in progress

Job description

Launch your consulting journey with West Monroe

West Monroe is seeking Consulting Interns to join our Office of the CFO Advisory Practice.

As a CFO Advisory Consulting Intern, you will use your skills to transform our clients' accounting, budgeting, planning, and financial reporting processes. This transformation is achieved through process improvements, enhancements in core technologies, AI and automation, organization redesign, and operating model refinements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a project team to assist client Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in identifying and implementing improvement opportunities in financial close, reporting, forecasting, and analytics by:
  • Assessing current state business processes, organization and the technology enablement of key processes within the Office of the CFO
  • Analyzing and identifying areas for alignment between business strategy, finance strategy and IT strategy
  • Developing transformational roadmaps to modernize and optimize clients' financial processes, technologies, and workforce
• Contribute to technology selection and implementation efforts (e.g., ERP) by:
  • Assessing current-state business and IT application landscapes
  • Developing and aligning IT strategy with key business objectives and creating future-state roadmaps
  • Supporting the software selection process, from documenting client requirements to evaluating vendors and recommending optimal solutions
  • Participating in implementations, including key project management activities and core implementation supporting tasks including design, configuration, testing and deployment of platforms
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs
• Apply technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Sharp analytical thinking and an interest in solving complex problems
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working as part of a team
• Ability to stay organized and manage priorities in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrated leadership through academics, extracurricular activities, or prior work experience
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and a passion for continuous learning and innovation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in progress, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028
  • You will be asked to confirm your expected graduation month and year at the offer stage and prior to beginning your internship
  • We do request & review official transcripts from your school prior to the start of our internship program
  • If your expected graduation date falls outside of this range or changes, you are not eligible for this internship
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without limitation or sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., OPT, H-1B visa, TN, etc.)
• Reside within 50 miles of your assigned office prior to your start date; our culture emphasizes team collaboration within a hybrid work model
• Ability and willingness to travel (up to 50%); travel expenses covered by West Monroe
• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Majors in:
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Data Science
  • Economics
  • Finance

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the pay rate for this role is $40.00.

Join our team and make a lasting impact!

Other consultancies talk at you. At West Monroe, we work with you.

We're a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We're fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what's next.

You'll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We're right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn't a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

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