[Spring 2027] Finance Internship

About the role

The Whitney Museum seeks a Financial Planning and Analysis Intern to support the Finance team with budget templating, process automation, project‑based reporting and analytics for the Spring 2027 semester. The internship is a semester‑long, paid, in‑person experience for rising juniors, seniors, and graduate students enrolled in an accredited academic program. Interns are assigned to a specific museum department for the duration of the internship.

Responsibilities

• Refine standardized, activity‑based budget templates that departments across the Museum rely on for planning.
• Identify and build automation for recurring budget and forecasting tasks, reducing manual work for the team.
• Track actuals against budget, flag variances, and identify the drivers.
• Assist in preparing summary materials and dashboards for internal meetings and leadership reviews.
• Partner with the Advancement team on fundraising data; clean and maintain fundraising trackers and support fundraising analytics.
• Support cash‑flow reporting by cleaning data and standardizing reporting pools used across the Museum’s Finance function.

Qualifications

• Rising senior (undergraduate) or graduate student, currently enrolled in an accredited degree program.
• Coursework or academic background in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field (preferred).

Skills

• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with BI, automation, or AI tools is a plus.
• Detail‑oriented, organized, and comfortable working with large datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while communicating proactively with a supervisor.

Training

You will work directly with the Sr. Manager of FP&A and the wider Finance team, receiving regular check‑ins, real ownership over projects, and consistent training and supervision throughout the internship program.

Compensation

Interns will be paid a stipend of $3,000. Generous support for Ostrover Family Academic Year Interns is provided by Julie and Doug Ostrover.

Schedule

Interns commit 16–21 hours per week over 10–12 weeks for a total of 176 hours. The official program dates span from January 18 to April 26, 2027.

About The Whitney

The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty‑first centuries. Its mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and to serve a wide variety of audiences, celebrating the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. For 86 years, the Whitney has championed innovative and influential American art.