Finance Intern

vaisalaoyj • Boulder, MT

1d • $24 - $31 • Onsite

About The Position

The Summer Finance Intern will support Vaisala’s fiduciary and risk management work for our employee benefit and insurance programs. This on-site role in Louisville, CO is ideal for a student interested in investments, risk, and governance for 3 months, in a full-time, paid internship position. The intern will help prepare RFPs for our fiduciary committee and review existing insurance and benefit-related policies to identify gaps and overlaps.

Requirements

• Current undergraduate or graduate student in Finance, Business, Law, Accounting, Economics, Investment Management, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills; comfortable working with contracts, policies, and numerical data.
• Proficiency with Excel and basic data analysis.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to summarize complex information in plain language.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated interest in investments, fiduciary governance, insurance, or corporate risk management.
• Ability to work on-site in Louisville, CO for the duration of the internship and to handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with an external consultant to prepare Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for financial advisors / investment consultants, investment and recordkeeping platform, and 401(k) audit.
• Gather and organize data for RFPs (fees, performance, service levels, governance requirements).
• Help develop comparison and scoring tools to evaluate vendor responses.
• Draft summary memos and presentation materials for the fiduciary committee.
• Collect, organize, and maintain an inventory of existing plans, policies, and insurance coverages (e.g., benefit-related and corporate policies).
• Review key terms such as limits, deductibles, exclusions, and service scopes under guidance from the consultant and internal team.
• Assess existing policies and procedures to identify coverage gaps, overlaps or redundancies, and inconsistencies across policies or vendors.
• Prepare clear written summaries of findings, including potential risk areas and recommendations.
• Support project tracking, documentation, and meeting notes.
• Perform light quantitative analysis in Excel (e.g., fee and premium comparisons).
• Help create reusable checklists, matrices, and templates for future policy and vendor reviews.

Benefits

• Paid internship position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed