2027 CFO Advisory Consulting Intern

West Monroe (Campus)•Minneapolis, MN

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

West Monroe is seeking a Consulting Intern to join its Office of the CFO Advisory Practice. The intern will help transform clients’ accounting, budgeting, planning, and financial reporting processes through process improvements, enhancements to core technologies, AI and automation, organization redesign, and operating model refinements. The role involves collaborating with project teams to help CFOs identify and implement improvements to financial close, reporting, forecasting, and analytics. Interns assess business processes, organizational structures, and supporting technologies; align business, finance, and IT strategies; and develop roadmaps to modernize financial processes, technologies, and workforces. Interns may also support technology selection and implementation, including ERP initiatives. This includes assessing business and IT application landscapes, aligning IT strategy with business objectives, documenting requirements, evaluating vendors, recommending solutions, and contributing to project management, design, configuration, testing, and deployment. The role uses AI and other technologies to accelerate analysis, generate insights, improve delivery efficiency, and support high-quality, data-driven client outcomes, with critical judgment applied to AI-generated results. The internship follows a hybrid work model. Interns must reside within 50 miles of their assigned office before the start date and be willing to travel up to 50%; travel expenses are covered by West Monroe. The pay rate is $40.00.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in progress, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
Expected graduation month and year must be confirmed at the offer stage and before the internship begins; applicants whose expected graduation date falls outside this range or changes are not eligible.
Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Legally authorized to work in the United States without limitation or sponsorship now or in the future.
Reside within 50 miles of the assigned office before the start date.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%.
Experience integrating AI tools, such as ChatGPT, into day-to-day workflows to improve productivity and insight generation, with critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure quality.
Sharp analytical thinking and interest in solving complex problems.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for teamwork.
Ability to stay organized and manage priorities in a dynamic environment.
Demonstrated leadership through academics, extracurricular activities, or prior work experience.
Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and a passion for continuous learning and innovation.

Nice To Haves

A major in Accounting.
A major in Business Administration.
A major in Data Science.
A major in Economics.
A major in Finance.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with project teams to help client CFOs identify and implement improvements in financial close, reporting, forecasting, and analytics.
Assess current-state business processes, organizational structures, and technology enablement within the Office of the CFO.
Identify opportunities to align business, finance, and IT strategies.
Develop roadmaps to modernize and optimize clients’ financial processes, technologies, and workforces.
Assess current-state business and IT application landscapes to support technology selection and implementation.
Align IT strategy with business objectives and develop future-state roadmaps.
Support software selection by documenting client requirements, evaluating vendors, and recommending solutions.
Participate in implementations, including project management activities and design, configuration, testing, and deployment tasks.
Use AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven client recommendations, while evaluating outputs with sound judgment.
Apply generative AI, automation tools, and data models to enhance insights, delivery efficiency, and client outcomes.