Verizon Finance: Controllership Summer 2027 Internship

Verizon • Basking Ridge, NJ

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

As an intern at Verizon, you won’t just join a specific business unit - you’ll gain broad exposure across our entire AI-first ecosystem. We value cross-disciplinary thinkers and offer rising seniors a true launchpad: every internship paves the way to join our full-time, elite two-year rotational program, unlocking cross-organizational mobility and rapid skill development. We’re seeking future-focused builders who combine technical AI fluency with an innate drive to grow. Ideal candidates are agile problem solvers who think in systems, leverage data, and streamline complex processes. Crucially, we’re looking for leaders with the capacity to break down silos, influence cross-functional teams, build lasting trust, and navigate AI ethics with a customer-first lens—all while collaborating with mentors across business units to help shape the future of tech. You and your team will be working on a real project in real time: it’ll be impactful and timely work that the business depends on. In recent summers, interns in the Finance organization have worked on projects such as: Creation of an expense agent dashboard to standardize viewing with live data through automation and leveraging different AI tools. Building a detailed energy rates forecasting tool built with code leveraging AI tools. Development of credit-driven growth initiatives to prioritize speed, precision, and provide a competitive advantage through linkage of different data source systems. In this hybrid internship, based out of Basking Ridge, NJ you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager. If relocation is required, relocation assistance may be available. You’ll also join us for the Intern Marquee event in Basking Ridge, NJ, a unique, in-person experience designed exclusively for all US interns. This multi-day event is your chance to build your connections through structured networking, and be inspired by top executives in a professional environment.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program with a graduation date between December 2027 - June 2028, and be in good academic standing.
• Ability to participate in a full-time, hybrid, 10-week internship between June 2027 to August 2027.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future sponsorship.
• Willing and able to travel.
• Willing and able to relocate.
• Demonstrate agile, clear, and persuasive written and verbal communication.
• Experiences in predictive analytics & data architecture, potentially demonstrated by work in transitioning systems from historical reporting to predictive, algorithmic forecasting, behavioral data modeling, or data structuring.
• Experience in utilizing AI Frameworks & Tools (LangChain, AutoGPT, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot).

Nice To Haves

• Current enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program in one of the following majors: Accounting, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related major.
• Business, Financial, Systems & Data Acumen.
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional projects, applying systems thinking, data-backed reasoning, and process simplification to solve complex problems and streamline workflows across matrixed teams.
• A track record of rapid skill acquisition and entrepreneurial initiative, with proven ability to leverage technical/data literacy (including AI tools) to adapt to shifting priorities, influence, and deliver customer-centric outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work on a real project in real time that is impactful and timely.
• Create an expense agent dashboard to standardize viewing with live data through automation and leveraging different AI tools.
• Build a detailed energy rates forecasting tool built with code leveraging AI tools.
• Develop credit-driven growth initiatives to prioritize speed, precision, and provide a competitive advantage through linkage of different data source systems.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• 401(k) Savings Plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match on the first 6% of eligible pay.
• Holiday pay, as applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern