Job Description
2024 Data Analytics Summer Internship:
What will your next career challenge offer? At CohnReznick, our people are talented, intellectually curious, and driven to make a difference for our clients, community, and our firm. We are an organization bound together by a passion for excellence, respect for others, flexibility, integrity, and a strong desire to develop ourselves and others. We approach our engagements by combining technical resources with an entrepreneurial spirit that allows us to solve for client needs in today’s dynamic business environment.
As one of the top professional services firms in the country, we understand our people are our most valuable assets. Clients turn to CohnReznick because of the people we hire, and as a CohnReznick employee, you will be equipped with top training and development opportunities and presented with new challenges to help you stretch and grow as a professional. Through formalized learning and on-the-job coaching and mentorship, CohnReznick is committed to your development. Let’s build something great together.
CohnReznick’s Digital Advisory Group works across all CohnReznick Advisory industries and service lines to empower our clients with forward-looking solutions that are resilient to change by leveraging innovative thinking to address their business questions and challenges. The Digital Team delivers value by assessing our client’s current positions, advising our clients on a path toward a mutually defined future state, and supporting our clients in adopting and implementing our recommendations. As part of this team, you will be exposed to various industry leaders and have the opportunity to deliver on a variety of Advisory services.
Data Analytics Intern – Data & Analytics Tech+ Team
The work of our Data Analytics interns includes qualitative and quantitative approaches in pursuit of insightful, evidence based insights and models. Projects range from industry and subject matter research to data collection to the preparation of statistical, financial, and other forms of analysis. Our interns can progress rapidly as they assemble the requisite experience and demonstrate exceptional skill and judgment.
Responsibilities
New Data Analytics Interns should be able to assemble compelling evidence from data and research that supports client deliverables and outcomes tracking outcomes to refine evidence-based models and insights over time. Key skills include:
• Understand, capture in writing, and apply in planning with delivery teams key client needs and project or solution requirements. Develop an understanding of key client personas, or roles, and their use stories (needs, requirements, and context) to compile highly relevant business and technical requirements documents and assemble them into test & acceptance plans.
• Research. Accumulate, and Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data from public, client, and firm resources related to client project needs and requirements.
• Contribute to the development of robust data analytics models and their application in leading technologies such as Microsoft Fabric/Synapse, Snowflake, AWS & Google Big Query.
• Support the development of data integration plans, blueprints, and engineering using data pipelines and Extract-Load-Transform (ELT) methods of data ingestion and integration services as part of broader data solutions. Ensure the design and development process includes efficient data integrity and quality controls to accurately reflect the source systems in the target models.
• Understand and contribute to the disciplined, efficient application of our reference data architecture and standards in the design and development of data services and solutions.
• Support the development of dashboards, analytic models, reports and other client data visualization models growing your skills with experience and training-based learning.
• Introductory experience with MS SQL, MS Azure Cloud, MS Azure DataBricks, PowerBI, and other analytics development toolsets is important and a plus with a previous internship experience with any of these toolsets.
• Interact with senior staff, leadership, and clients to communicate economic concepts in an understandable manner.
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods, and computer models to develop solutions.
• Apply critical thinking skills in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Participate in a team environment and work hard to meet client deadlines and quality expectations.
Requirements
• Introductory experience with MS SQL, MS Azure Cloud, MS Azure DataBricks, PowerBI, or other Analytics development toolsets is important and a plus with a previous internship experience with any of these toolsets.
• Possesses an academic understanding of basic business processes and organization.
• Possesses knowledge of cloud-based data warehousing solutions with leading technologies such as AWS or Azure
• Progression towards a master’s or bachelor’s degree in data analytics, math or statistics or a minor in a related field.
• 3.5 GPA or higher
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• 0-1 years of experience, including internships
• This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with strong analytical ability and a desire to advance within an organization.
• Proven capability with MS Excel and relational database program(s) (e.g., MS SQL Server, SSAS, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Tableau, Alteryx, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, or Teradata). A desire to expand these capabilities is required.
• Experience with statistical analysis programs (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata, R) is desirable but not required.
We offer:
• Endless opportunities to contribute to one of the largest professional services firms in the U.S.
• A unique culture that values collaboration in everything we do.
• A team of professionals driven by a sense of excellence, integrity, commitment to lifelong learning, respect for one another, adaptability, and making a difference.
• A network of 2,700 professionals committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.
• Varied career paths supported by strong professional development programs and resources.
• A flexible work environment with competitive benefits.
About Us
CohnReznick is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
CohnReznick LLP is one of the top Advisory, Accounting, and Tax firms in the United States, combining the resources and technical expertise of a national firm with the hands-on, entrepreneurial approach that today’s dynamic business environment demands. Headquartered in New York, NY, and with offices nationwide, CohnReznick serves a large number of diverse industries and offers specialized services for middle market and Fortune 1000 companies, private equity and financial services firms, government contractors, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations. The Firm, with origins dating back to 1919, has more than 2,700 employees including nearly 300 partners, and is a member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy, tax, and business advisors.
In order to apply for an internship or an entry level role at CohnReznick, successful candidates will have to provide proof of work authorization such as U.S. Citizenship or permanent residency status.
CohnReznick is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters
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