Finance & Strategy Intern: Forecasting & Insights

Socket.dev; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Zendesk is seeking a Financial Analysis & Strategy Intern to support forecasting, budgeting, and strategic analyses during a 10-week internship in 2027. You will build models, analyze results, and work with executives to drive data-informed decisions that scale the business.

The role emphasizes AI-first analytics and collaboration across teams. The position runs from June 7, 2027, to August 6, 2027, with a hybrid work model and potential R&R across Zendesk offices and remote work.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or other Technical discipline with planned graduation in Spring 2028.
• Experience with modeling and working with data.
• Strong experience utilizing Gsuite, Excel and other Office tools.
• Strong experience utilizing ChatGPT and other LLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial results, distill and synthesize key trends, and communicate key risks & opportunities to influence business outcomes.
• Build and maintain financial models to inform key business decisions.
• Manage organizational budgets and partner with executives to empower them to invest with impact.
• Implement improvements & automation to streamline current processes.
• Build on foundation of strong relationships with our partners across the organization and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Own high-precision forecasting and relevant scenarios for topline metrics.
• Assist in preparation of monthly & quarterly P&L management reporting.
• Tackle new & evolving priorities for the team, including ad hoc analyses.

Skills

Data modeling

Excel

GSuite

LLM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or other Technical discipline

Tools

GSuite

Excel

ChatGPT

LLM tools

Job description

Zendesk is seeking a Financial Analysis & Strategy Intern to support forecasting, budgeting, and strategic analyses during a 10-week internship in 2027. You will build models, analyze results, and work with executives to drive data-informed decisions that scale the business.

The role emphasizes AI-first analytics and collaboration across teams. The position runs from June 7, 2027, to August 6, 2027, with a hybrid work model and potential R&R across Zendesk offices and remote work.