Analyst Intern, Finance & Operations

Fortis Fire & Safety•Schaumburg, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Fortis Fire & Safety, we provide industry-leading fire protection & security services across the United States, with an ever-growing footprint in California, Florida, North Carolina, and Chicago, and continuously acquiring new brands. We operate as one team under the Fortis Fire & Safety family, which includes CJ Suppression, Diversified Systems, Inc., Integrated Fire & Security Solutions, LaMarco Systems, LifeSafety Management, Piper Fire Protection, and VFS Fire & Security Services, united by a mission to deliver comprehensive fire protection and security solutions nationwide. Fortis is a nationwide, next-generation fire protection company dedicated to a People-First philosophy, investing in its team through training, development, and a competitive benefits package. The Schaumburg, IL team is seeking a motivated and analytically driven Analyst Intern to support initiatives across Finance and Operations. This is a highly visible, hands-on, paid full-time summer internship for rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors pursuing a degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, based on-site five days per week at the Schaumburg, IL headquarters. The role spans FP&A, Accounting, Field Operations, Service, and Integration, offering a student the opportunity to learn how a private-equity-backed platform company operates, from the income statement to field operations. The intern will gain direct exposure to senior leaders across Finance, Operations, and the executive team, observe a live buy-and-build thesis (acquisition integration, synergy measurement, national platform building), and develop advanced Excel, analytical, and business communication skills. The intern will produce a portfolio of real deliverables (models, dashboards, and memos) for future reference. The role involves rotating across real business problems, partnering with leaders to identify efficiencies, build decision-support tools, analyze performance data, and translate findings into actionable recommendations, working closely with Finance and Operations leadership to strengthen analytical capabilities and drive platform-wide improvement.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a bachelor's program in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related discipline.
Minimum GPA of 3.5 or equivalent academic standing.
Strong Excel skills - comfortable with pivot tables, XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, conditional formatting, and basic modeling best practices (clean inputs, readable outputs, no hard-coded formulas in calculation cells).
Solid grounding in financial statements and core accounting concepts; able to read a P&L and understand how operational decisions flow through to margin.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with clear written and verbal communication.
High attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and the drive to understand not just what the data shows, but why.
Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams with limited supervision in a fast-paced, PE-backed environment.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Power Query, Power BI, Tableau, or SQL.
Familiarity with financial modeling (three-statement, operating, or driver-based models).
Prior internship experience in FP&A, consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate development, operations, or a field-services/industrial/construction business.
Interest in private equity value creation, operational improvement, M&A integration, or the built-environment services sector (fire protection, life safety, security, HVAC, mechanical, or electrical).
Experience working with ERP or field service management platforms such as Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceTrade, BuildOps, or similar.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Excel-based analytical tools, models, and dashboards that support budgeting, forecasting, KPI tracking, job costing, service profitability, and operational reporting across Fortis business units.
Partner with Finance on month-end and ad hoc analysis including revenue and margin variance, labor productivity, overtime trends, gross margin by service line (inspection, service, installation, monitoring, alarm, sprinkler, suppression), and working capital metrics.
Support Operations leadership in identifying efficiencies by analyzing technician utilization, route density, first-time-fix rates, inspection completion, backlog, and truck/inventory turnover — then translating findings into recommendations that field leaders can act on.
Gather, clean, and reconcile data from multiple source systems (ERP, field service management, CRM, timekeeping, and legacy platforms inherited from acquired companies) to create a single, trusted view of performance.
Assist with integration workstreams for newly acquired branches, including mapping charts of accounts, standardizing KPIs, and helping migrate reporting into the Fortis framework.
Develop clear deliverables for leadership — one-page memos, executive dashboards, and concise PowerPoint summaries that tell the story behind the numbers.
Document processes and build repeatable templates to be utilized across branches.
Participate in cross-functional meetings with Finance, Operations, IT, and branch leadership, and present findings and recommendations directly to managers and, where appropriate, executive leadership.