2026 Summer Associate, Strategic Finance
About The Position
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. Apollo Global Strategic Finance is seeking an MBA intern with a strong finance or general numbers-driven analytical background to join the Strategic Finance function. The ideal candidate will be interested in diversifying their career experience through highly analytical and strategic work and working side-by-side with senior management. Strategic Finance is responsible for the firm's internal financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, Senior Management reporting, profitability analysis and other financial analysis work. The Associate position is structured to provide exposure across all disciplines of Strategic Finance and build a comprehensive knowledge of Apollo's businesses and the alternative asset management industry.
Requirements
- Pursuing an MBA or Master's degree (Class of 2027) with an excellent academic record and a demonstrated interest in finance through previous internships, jobs, and coursework
- 4-5 years of financial analysis experience, ideally in Investment Banking, Big-4 valuation, Financial Institution FP&A, or advisory services; experience in accounting a plus
- Highly analytical; Excellent Excel-based modeling skills are required
- Exceptional PowerPoint presentation skills are required
- Strong analytical thinking and financial reasoning capabilities with ability to think creatively
- Heightened attention to detail and organizational skills
- Flexible and comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly demanding, rapidly changing environment
- Operates with high energy and a "can do" attitude
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Responsibilities
- Drive analytics and generate complex analyses to support the CFO, COO and the Heads of the Businesses (Private Equity, Credit, Real Assets, and Insurance platforms) on current and potential business initiatives
- Works on ad hoc special projects (e.g., new fund profitability, fund acquisitions, M&A impacts)
- Significant amount of financial modeling required to fully capture business drivers and understand key trends, risks and opportunities
- Maintains detailed and flexible models supporting annual budget, long-term plan, monthly and weekly forecast updates (incl. various scenario/"what-if" analyses)
- Generates monthly and quarterly financial reporting tracking actuals vs. budget / forecast for key metrics working with Finance, Business and other departments (Marketing, Legal, etc.)
- Assist with design, user-testing, and implementation of a new software reporting package to be used by the Strategic Finance team
- Produces high quality, timely and insightful information to help senior management manage the firm and set direction
- Responds in a timely manner to all ad hoc questions and requests for information
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Industry
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
