2024 Data and Analytics Graduate Internship Program

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Data Analysis, Data Analytics, Data management, Effective communication skills, Financial Risk, Microsoft-Excel, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL, Statistics

Job Description

Participants can expect:

• 9-week paid internship aimed at aligning personal talents with business initiatives
• Challenging and impactful work assignments that support Discover’s strategic priorities and objectives
• Opportunities to work on complex, cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives
• A team of resources to assist with training and career development, including dedicated program managers, experienced performance managers and knowledgeable mentors
• Real time and consistent feedback

• Interaction with the key stakeholders and senior leadership through both projects and program events
• Enhance their abilities to lead projects, make decisions, problem solve and think creatively
• Group activities, including networking events and volunteer activities
• Opportunities to establish lasting career connections with fellow interns
• A housing stipend for the summer

What You’ll Do

As a Data Science Analyst Intern, you will be:

• Responsible for working closely with management to execute analytical initiatives.
• Responsible for solving business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning.
• Creating reports and dashboards to closely monitor performance metrics and provide insights.

How You’ll Do It

• Develop advanced analytics solutions including customer segmentation, optimization, test & design of experiments and prescriptive analytics to solve business problems. Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulated and completed end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations. Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.
• Establish and maintain effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, propose, design and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.
• Manage multiple priorities, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners
• Develop and automate reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs. Facilitates implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.
• Consistently follows standard work processes and documentation requirements. Recommends improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work. Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be pursuing a Masters Degree in computer science, analytics technology, engineering, math, economics or related field.
• Current enrollment in an accredited College or University
• Must have a graduation date between December 2024 - June 2025
• A minimum of a 3.0 GPA on 4.0 grade point average scale, in major field of study

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate ideas into clear priorities
• High energy and intellectual curiosity
• Strong analytical skills and a consultative approach to addressing customer needs
• Strong business acumen, knowledge of financial industry, risk management, and business metrics
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, R,
• Proficiency in visual data management, i.e., Excel, Tableau
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems creatively
• Ability to apply previous experience and knowledge to new situations and problems
• Operates as a team player

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Compensation:

The base pay for this role is 44.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility.