Internship - Public Finance Data & Analytics (Summer 2025)

Are you looking to gain real world experience in a thriving, global financial services firm with an award-winning culture? Consider an internship and start building your career at Baird.

About our intern program:
Our competitive intern program offers interns exposure to the business world and a meaningful work experience. Interns are treated as valuable team members while learning from experienced professionals in a collaborative, fun and dynamic environment. Baird’s summer intern program is a robust experience that includes an Intern Welcome Event, professional development and networking with leaders and associates. Our interns have the opportunity to use a Baird Gives Back Day, a paid day to volunteer in the community. Our mentor program gives interns an opportunity to network throughout Baird and learn about all the areas of the firm. To learn more, check out this video .

Internship Location, Availability and Hours:
Located in our downtown Milwaukee, WI office, the intern must be able to work part-time during the spring semester, 15-20 hours per week, and full time during the summer, 37.5-40 hours per week. We are seeking a local student who can start in January 2025.

As a Public Finance Data & Analytics Intern, you will:

• Work alongside the Public Finance School Business Solutions team with a focus on data analytics, profiling, modeling, visualization and data integration
  
• Work with the team to gather and map data to create visuals in Power BI
  
• Gain exposure to critical business data problems that help drive decisions
  
• Manage all data sets from original source to SQL database and Power BI/Excel while troubleshooting data issues
  
• Build school district budget forecast models through Excel and further streamline the build process
  
• Assist other areas of Public Finance and Fixed Income with data needs as necessary
  

What we look for:

• Current student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, MIS or related degree
  
• Targeting May 2026 or later graduation dates
  
• Experience with database systems, designing and building data repositories (SQL preferred)
  
• Able to work with Power BI visualizations
  
• Have a general interest and passion for data
  
• Possess a natural curiosity in understanding the application of technology and data to solve business problems
  
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
  
• Exceptional organizational/time management skills and attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities at one time and meet all deadlines
  
• A highly motivated, creative, strategic and analytical thinker and takes initiative to learn and contribute to the team
  
• Strong work ethic and ability to function equally well in team settings and on a self-directed basis
  
• Interest in learning about Public Finance and our work within K-12 school districts and finance
  
• Prior internship or experience in an office setting preferred
  

What makes this opportunity great:

• Join an industry leader and work alongside our talented team that will enable you to grow as a professional
  
• Team of associates passionate about achieving great results for clients and giving back to the communities where we live and work
  
• Unique culture that values diverse backgrounds and perspectives while emphasizing teamwork and a strong sense of partnership
  

Baird is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status .

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