FP&A Intern: Hybrid Budgeting & Forecasting Experience

APCO; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

APCO seeks an FP&A Intern to join the Corporate Finance team in Washington, DC, supporting budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and decision support for corporate functions. The intern will organize financial data and turn it into clear insights.

This is a recent graduate-friendly role with exposure to FP&A cycles, leadership reporting, and cross-functional analytics in a global environment. Hybrid work is available in DC.

Qualifications

• 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, 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Power Query

Job description

APCO seeks an FP&A Intern to join the Corporate Finance team in Washington, DC, supporting budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and decision support for corporate functions. The intern will organize financial data and turn it into clear insights.

This is a recent graduate-friendly role with exposure to FP&A cycles, leadership reporting, and cross-functional analytics in a global environment. Hybrid work is available in DC.