Data Analyst Intern 4 Months - Fall 2026
About The Position
As an Intern at Dayforce, you’ll gain real-world experience with meaningful responsibilities, access to development programs, and the chance to collaborate globally, bringing new ideas and optimizing processes across multiple business units. Data analysts are the people responsible for evaluating data to develop reports and visualizations that identify trends or analytics that help companies make better-informed business decisions. They are comfortable working with structured data, performing analytics, building appropriate visualizations, and drawing conclusions based on empirical evidence rather than gut feel. They are good communicators who can translate their findings into business-friendly language. As they increase in seniority, their understanding of statistical concepts becomes more important, as they will start to use this knowledge to guide their studies and evaluations. Data analysts focus on “What is the data telling me today or in the past?”, Data Scientists focus on predicting what the data will be in the future.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or Post-Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Economics, Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or a related quantitative field.
- Knowledge of human resources processes and procedures
- Knowledge of people analytics best practices
- SQL
- Data management
- Power BI
- Strong verbal and written communicator
- Strong organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Learning mindset
- Curiosity
- Ability to interpret statistics
Nice To Haves
- Background in I-O Psychology
- Background in Economics
- Experience in Databricks (SQL, Python)
Responsibilities
- Develop reports and visualizations from structured data using Power BI
- Prepare datasets by writing scripts in SQL or Python (must be able to do table joins)
- Create standard measures to help our clients understand the health and efficiency of their organization. Examples of measures include: Quality of Hire, Turnover, Absenteeism Rate
- Create research questions, conduct quantitative data analysis, and communicate findings to others including media and academic partners
- Create blog posts to be published on Dayforce’s blog
Benefits
- Experience working for one of the fastest growing Human Capital Management technology companies in the world
- Access to Dayforce’s development programs and resources
- Ability to work with as well as create relationships with members across the globe
- Autonomy to bring forth new ideas and optimize existing structures within the organization
- Meaningful responsibilities, enabling you to obtain ‘real-world’ experience
- Dynamic hands-on exposure to multiple business-units and stakeholders across Dayforce
- Excellent time away from work programs
- Comprehensive wellness initiatives
- Recognition through competitive pay and benefits
- Commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
