Financial Data Analyst Intern - Seasonal

New Grad; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT invites motivated interns to join our Summer Internship Program as a Financial Data Analyst Associate. You will work within a collaborative team to analyze data, develop automation, and create dashboards that inform finance decisions.

This 10-week program emphasizes hands-on experience, mentoring, and exposure to leadership while contributing to real-world finance initiatives. You’ll gain hands-on experience with data analytics, automation tools, and emerging technologies, while partnering

Qualifications

• Pursuing a US-based bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, data science, business analytics, information systems, economics, or related field.
• Interest in finance, data analytics, automation, and technology.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support analytics, automation, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.
• Assist in building reports, dashboards, visualizations, and other tools for business decision making.
• Explore new technologies to enhance finance processes and user experiences.
• Partner with finance stakeholders to translate business challenges into practical solutions.
• Document processes and assist with testing, deployment, and user adoption of new tools.
• Collaborate with team members on projects to modernize the finance organization.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytics

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Economics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Power Automate

Python

SQL

VBA

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Interns

Job Qualifications: Skills: Analytics, Collaboration, Problem SolvingCertifications: NoneExperience: 0 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: No

Job Description: GDIT Summer Internship Program – Summer 2027 Summer Financial Data Analyst Associate Internship

Sponsorship is not available for this role.

At GDIT, our people are our business. We pride ourselves on the work our innovators do to support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the world. We wouldn’t be successful without our ability to attract new talent to join our team.

What sets a GDIT internship experience apart from other organizations in the industry?

GDIT’s Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients’ most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT’s 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients.

• Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge.

• Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion.

• Interact with GDIT leaders.

• Participate in professional development.

How You’ll Make this Internship Opportunity Your Own

As a Financial Data Analyst Associate Intern you’ll gain hands-on experience working with data, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies while contributing to initiatives that have a measurable impact across the finance organization. You will interact with employees and leadership across all levels of the finance organization while building valuable business and technical skills. Working alongside a small, highly collaborative team, you’ll have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to initiatives that improve how finance professionals work, analyst information, and make decisions.

A Day in the Life

• Support finance initiatives focused on analytics, automation, reporting, and process improvement.

• Assist in building reports, dashboards, visualizations, and other tools that support business decision making.

• Explore new technologies that can enhance finance processes and improve user experiences.

• Partner with finance stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate needs into practical solutions.

• Document processes and assist with testing, deployment, and user adoption of new tools and technologies.

• Collaborate with team members on projects that help transform and modernize the finance organization.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

The Must-Haves

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree program in, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Economics, or a related field from a United States-based college or university.

• Interest in the intersection of finance, data, analytics, automation, and technology.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel preferred

What You’ll Need to Deliver Your Best Every Day

• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Natural curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new tools, applications, and technologies.

• Stakeholder-focused mindset with a focus on understanding user needs and delivering effective solutions.

• Exposure to or proficiency in coding and scripting languages (such as Python, SQL, VBA, or similar).

• Exposure to Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate, or similar analytics and automation tools.

What you Offer as a Stand-Out Candidate

• Knowledge of accounting principles, interpreting financial statements, and exposure to quantitative financial analysis.

• Familiarity with fundamental data structures, data relationships, and data quality concepts is a plus, but not required

Note: We receive a high volume of applications and review them on a rolling basis. Our goal is to follow up with you within two weeks of your application.

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $27.43 - $37.11. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location: USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.

• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identify Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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