Finance Intern

Our FP&A teams collaborate to deliver accurate, efficient, and intelligent forecasting, reporting, and analytics to our business. With a thoughtful and rigorous approach to data, our Finance team is a critical business partner for leadership and ensures Akamai's steady development.

Our Finance summer internship program prepares you to succeed in our 3-year Associate Finance Development Program (AFDP) after graduation. Working with mentors, you'll be exposed to business line finance, commercial finance, corporate financial planning and analysis, and more.

As a Finance Intern, you will be responsible for:

Assisting with monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reporting and in-depth customer or product analysis

Developing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and outlooks, and resource planning analysis

Identifying process improvement opportunities and gaining support to implement necessary improvements with the team

Generating business presentations for senior Finance management, including a final showcase presentation

Performing industry analyses to develop operational best practices and updating internal documentation

To be successful in this role you will:

Be currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program in a business-related field and planning to graduate between December 2027 and June 2028

Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Have prior internship experience in financial analysis or a related area

Have proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Be a self-starter, excited about working in an entrepreneurial, quick environment

Be available to work in a hybrid format from the Akamai Cambridge HQ

Our 12-week summer intern program starts in May and requires you to be available 40 hours per week through mid August.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Through our intern and co-op programs we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Benefits are offered through our managed service provider (MSP). Students also gain the following benefits directly from our programs:

Mentorship

Career development trainings

Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats

Networking and social events with an international intern cohort

Final project showcase presented to the company

Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Are you seeking an opportunity to learn and make a real impact in a global technology company? Come join us and learn with a team of people who will energize and inspire you! By the end of your assignment, you will gain a network of encouraging colleagues ready to support you in your studies and beyond.