Legal Operations Financial, Data & AI Analytics Intern

Cigna Healthcare • St. Louis, MO

12d • $24 - $25 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Legal Operations Financial, Data & AI Analytics Intern will turn financial, operational, and contracting data into insights to support smarter decisions, stronger partnerships, and more efficient work. The intern will join a Legal Operations team modernizing how legal work is measured, managed, and improved, and will collaborate with Legal Operations, Finance, Procurement, Technology, and other partners.

This is a full-time summer internship, 40 hours per week, running from May 24 through July 30, 2027. Interns are expected to work a hybrid schedule, spending three days per week in the St. Louis office and two days remotely. Hourly compensation ranges from $24.00 to $25.00, based on degree program and year of study. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and must not require current or future employment sponsorship.

Requirements

• Demonstrated analytical project experience.
• Rising senior progressing toward a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, or economics.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to connect data findings to business context.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and clean data organization.
• Ability to use AI tools responsibly to support analysis, automation, workflow improvement, and insight generation.
• Collaborative work style, professional judgment, curiosity, and comfort learning new systems in a fast-moving environment.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and not require current or future employment sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Experience with dashboards, data visualization, workflow automation, AI agents, or contract lifecycle management platforms.
• Interest in using data, financial acumen, and technology to improve how complex business functions operate.

Responsibilities

• Transform legal operations, vendor spend, budget, and contract data into actionable reporting on trends, risks, opportunities, and performance.
• Use Excel, reporting tools, and AI-enabled capabilities to streamline manual analysis, improve data quality, and support repeatable reporting processes.
• Build or enhance dashboards, automated reports, workflows, and analytics for monitoring legal spend, contract volume, and operational metrics.
• Identify opportunities to improve variance tracking, reduce manual manipulation, and strengthen consistency in legal financial and operational reporting.
• Collaborate with Legal Operations, Finance, Procurement, Technology, and other partners to improve efficiency, cost management, and stakeholder experience.
• Develop working knowledge of departmental systems, data sources, and processes to deliver timely recommendations and project outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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