FINANCIAL INTERN RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Mar 11, 2025 - The Financial Intern streamlined and automated monthly reporting requirements, built various templates and reports for data analysis, and created forecasting tools across different business areas. Contributed to executive-facing reports, assimilating inputs from multiple levels, and developed new analytical tools for FP&A usage. Assisted in monthly accounting closures, variance analyses, and coordinated financial activities with international and off-ledger entities, enhancing overall process efficiency.

Tips for Financial Intern Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Financial Intern, Summit Financial Group, Dallas, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Operating expense control/management, especially Internal Materials, Repairs & Maintenance, and Consulting.
  • Assist in the month-end close of KBI financials by reviewing and analyzing expense categories that are of concern.
  • Provide general support to KBI’s monthly forecasting process by performing data entry and reviewing reports/presentation materials.
  • Learn and document KBI Finance’s existing Standard Operating Procedures using the corporate template.
  • Sit in on relevant meetings with KBI Senior Leadership Teams across Departments and Sites to gain insight and appreciation on how companies are managed and how Finance impacts decisions.
  • Provide support to general activities related to ERP implementation.
  • Prepare monthly financial dashboards for senior management, reflecting actual results and comparisons to forecasts/budgets
  • Develop financial analysis, which is value-added to decision making and assessing business performance
  • Manage and manipulate multiple large data sources and harmonize business information across various departments within the organization to drive actionable analyses
  • Analyze cost allocations and product expansion economics
  • Partner with Trading businesses (Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities and Statistical Arbitrage) and Core Infrastructure platform on strategic projects, ad-hoc reporting and analysis
  • Participate in team-wide projects with the autonomy to innovate and develop new ways to analyze the business
  • Work closely with broader Finance organization, Risk, Corporate Strategy and HR on firm-wide initiatives


Skills on Resume: 

  • Expense Management (Hard Skills)
  • Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Data Entry (Hard Skills)
  • SOP Documentation (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Departmental Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • ERP Support (Hard Skills)
  • Dashboard Development (Hard Skills)
  • Strategic Planning (Soft Skills)

2. Financial Intern, Peak Wealth Advisors, Miami, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Streamline and automate monthly reporting requirements
  • Building templates and reports for data analysis (i.e, admin templates, productivity reports, expense dashboards)
  • Create forecast templates for area (merchandising, operations, shared services) generation and corporate consolidation purposes
  • Working on executive-facing reports and gathering input from various levels of individuals
  • Immediately add value by creating new tools/reports to be used by the FP&A group moving forward
  • Analyze the business differently while learning more about the grocery retail industry through a corporate lens
  • Assist in monthly accounting close activities, including journal entries and reconciliations
  • Help analyze actual to forecast variances and provide detailed insights
  • Research balance sheet variances and help coordinate action plans
  • Coordinate with off-ledger subsidiaries to upload results by the monthly deadline
  • Liaise with international partners on intercompany accounts, including journal entry and reconciliation preparation
  • Assist process improvement and automation projects


Skills on Resume: 

  • Automation (Hard Skills)
  • Template Design (Hard Skills)
  • Forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Report Generation (Hard Skills)
  • Strategic Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Industry Knowledge (Soft Skills)
  • Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Process Improvement (Hard Skills)

3. Financial Intern, Horizon Finance Solutions, Phoenix, AZ

Job Summary: 

  • Financial statement disclosures and footnote preparation for 10Qs
  • Data collection for items needed for 10Qs that are not in financial systems
  • Prepared financial management book for circulation to upper management
  • Prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliation 
  • Benefit plans financial statements such as assisting with tasks required for the pension and health and welfare benefit plan statement audits
  • Work with teams across Europe to prepare and analyze data required for Oracle input
  • Support the accounting team in the preparation of financial statements
  • Analyze the financial performance of business lines and countries and generate insightful management reports to facilitate decision-making for top management
  • Develop reports and dashboards for business units and key business lines
  • Drive the automation of processes, implement own ideas and collaborate with BI department


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Decision Support (Soft Skills)
  • BI Tools (Hard Skills)
  • Automation (Hard Skills)