Financial Planning & Financial Operations Internship
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Job Location:
Des Moines, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Whats Financial Planning & Financial Operations internship like This is a unique opportunity to split your internship between supporting the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team and the Corporate Accounting teams. It enables exposure to a large portion of the Wellmark enterprise. The Financial Planning and Analysis aspect will focus on financial planning analysis modeling forecasting and development of business financial metrics. The Financial Operations aspect will focus on building modeling and systematic processes to further automate and enhance the processes.
What team deliverables might I support Although subject to change examples of work are included below:
- Support the Financial Planning and Analysis team with updates to existing forecasts
- Extract data and prepare monthly reports for team use
- Prepare journal entries and support analysis centered around administrative spending
- Performs routine tasks under direct supervision and within established procedures and guidelines
- Applies foundational functional knowledge to produce work deliverables in support of departmental initiatives
- Build financial models for decision criteria to determine if an idea has a positive Net Present Value
- Build excel models that are automated and repeatable to save processing time throughout the team
- Evaluate what processes are operating effectively and make recommendations for improvement to the processes that arent operating as intended
Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark Heres whats next! Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your passion and interests submit your application today!
This internship will start in May of 2026 working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines Iowa. You may then have the opportunity to transition part-time in the fall of 2026.
Qualifications :
- Current student pursuing a Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance Accounting Business or related major
- Strong understanding of Excel (and other Office tools) including building repeatable models to automate processes
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data to produce accurate reports
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work on multiple task
- Proven problem solving innovation and technical adaptation skills
- Ability to work independently and clearly communicate results
- Available to work 40 hours/week during the summer
Preferred:
Prior internship or office experience and 2 years of college preferred but will consider all candidate applications
Additional Information :
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Key Skills
- Internal Audit
- Financial Services
- Financial Performance
- Variance Analysis
- Journal Entries
- Account Management
- ACH
- Customer Accounts
- General Ledger Accounts
- Payroll
- Customer Relationships
- Financial Statements
- Annual Reports
About Company
Why Wellmark: We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our memb ... View more
