MBA Intern, Financial Strategy (Summer 2027)
How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing
Through the warmth and service of Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), people and the power of innovation, Delta never stops looking for ways to make every trip feel tailored to every customer. There are over 100,000 Delta people leading the way to deliver a world-class customer experience on over 5,000 daily flights to more than 300 destinations on six continents, connecting people to places and to each other.
- Serve more than 200 million customers in 2025, safely, reliably, and with industry-leading customer service innovation.
- Be recognized as North America’s most on-time airline by Cirium.
- Commit to ensuring that the future of travel is connected, personalized, and enjoyable.
- Ensure that every customer feels welcomed and respected across every point of their journey with us.
- Create opportunities, foster understanding, and expand horizons by connecting people and communities to each other and to their own potential.
- Bring more choice and competition to customers worldwide through innovative and strategic partnerships with Aeromexico, Air France-KLM, China Eastern, Korean Air, LATAM, Virgin Atlantic, and WestJet.
- Be America's most-awarded airline thanks to the dedication, passion, and professionalism of its people.
Key Responsibilities
Finance roles at Delta can be grouped broadly into two categories: corporate and divisional. Corporate finance departments evaluate strategic investments or opportunities, forecast, and analyze expenses enterprise wide, and handle external reporting. Divisional finance departments serve as a strategic partner to the business units they support, helping the division manage revenues and expenses and achieve their goals.
About The Program
The Finance Strategy MBA Leadership Development Program consists of a summer associate internship program and a full-time associate program within the Finance Division. Roles provide program participants with exciting, significant, and ambitious work with an encouraging leadership team committed to their professional growth and development.
- Project-based summer internship typically lasting ~12 weeks from May/June through early/mid-August.
- Provides rising second year MBAs relevant finance experience, insight into the multifaceted airline industry, and a chance to create valuable contributions through revenue improvements and cost savings projects.
- Participants are offered numerous opportunities to learn about their functional areas as well as other parts of the organization.
- Encourages attendance at speaking events with company executives to gain insight into high-level company strategy and exposure to senior leadership.
Compensation
Compensation for this internship is provided at $9,493 per month, subject to applicable taxes and withholdings.
What You Need To Succeed
- Current MBA Student
- Completed the first year of an MBA Program with a concentration in Finance, Economics, Strategy, Supply Chain, or another analytical field by the Summer of 2027
- Planned MBA program graduation date by the Summer of 2028
- At least three years (36 months) of post-undergraduate, full-time work or relevant military experience prior to enrolling in business school
- Curiosity about the airline industry
- Analytical and creative problem solvers
- Consistent track record of excellence
- Able to excel in fast-paced, matrix-team environment
- Strong analytical, leadership, written, and verbal communication skills
- Prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles
- High school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency
- At least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to digest large amounts of data and information and succinctly explain what can be learned from the data and how it can support decision making
- Desire to learn leadership techniques and best practices in problem solving and conflict resolution to enable innovation and progress on difficult to address challenges of our customers
Benefits And Perks
- Over 100,000 Delta employees across the globe share a commitment to living our values – Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Perseverance, and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do.
- Access to over 500 discounts and specialty savings through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals, pet health services, Apple product discounts, exclusive tickets to sports games and more.
- Competitive pay for students based on their working hours.
- Industry-leading profit sharing program available for Co-Op/Intern Students employed as of 12/31.
- Pay on Holidays that are observed in your dedicated work area.
- Once in a lifetime experience through Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals.
- Engagement with community service and sustainability.
- Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health.
- On-site campus amenities include Starbucks, Gym, Emory Clinic, Walmart pharmacy and store, healthy dining options through Sodexo, edible garden, and mental health coach.
- Backup dependent care services offered for 25 days highly subsidized by Delta.
- Housing Stipend available for students who reside more than 50 miles from work location.