University Intern, Disputes & Economics - Financial Services Advisory

About the role

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. This position supports the Ankura Disputes & Economics Business Group - one of five practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm. Practice Overview: The Financial Services Advisory practice assists clients in Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets, Wealth Management, FinTech and related industries. Our primary services are Business Strategy and Transformation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Risk, Compliance, and Controls, and Data & AI.

Role Overview: Interns, working as part of a project team, perform critical, value-added work that can directly impact a client’s bottom line. A sample of diverse consulting engagements that you could be involved in include: Identifying, prioritizing, and sequencing AI implementation for a Wealth Management firm; Reducing a retirement organization’s operating costs by $80m/year; Executing a firmwide program to enhance a bank’s processes and control; Optimizing and redesigning an insurer’s claims function; Documenting a bank’s obligations that arose from laws, rules, and regulatory requirements; Redesigning a corporate trust’s operating model.

Responsibilities

• Identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement and automation in processes and controls and related risks
• Assist in gathering client data and utilizing AI to support analysis
• Reviewing client documentation to understand current-state processes
• Performing financial, accounting, economic, and statistical analyses
• Documenting findings through crafting stories in PowerPoint
• Assisting with project plans, action lists, issues and tracking and reporting on progress in status reports
• Preparing client reports and exhibits
• Presenting findings to the consulting team and clients

Qualifications, Skills, and Characteristics

• Completion of an undergraduate degree with a graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028 and a major in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other analytical course of study
• Solid academic performance in their course of study with a 3.3 GPA or better.
• A working knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong working knowledge of AI tools and workflow automation
• Ability to work in a dynamic professional services environment
• Ability to work well both independently and within a team
• Research and analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism, ethics, quality, and integrity
• Willingness to travel and work overtime when needed
• Advanced technical skills including SQL, R, Python, or SAS are a plus
• This role requires permanent authorization to work in the U.S. (i.e. U.S. citizen or permanent resident). Internships and full-time University Associate roles are not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship, work visa or any other temporary work authorization (i.e. OPT, CPT).

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current payrate for this internship is: $34/hr.