Business Performance Improvement Intern 2027

About the role

Protiviti is hiring Business Performance Improvement interns for its Chicago office in 2027. Interns work with clients, typically among the world's leading companies, in the areas of finance, operations, people and change, collaborating with the team to deliver client-focused solutions to complex business problems. The internship offers a preview of Foundations, Protiviti's entry-level full-time career path.

Key responsibilities

• Finance Performance Management: help finance leaders address challenges and find growth opportunities, aligning people, processes and technology to drive efficiency and transformation.
• Financial Reporting Remediation & Compliance: support companies in navigating complex reporting situations, monitoring new accounting rules and helping with issues such as restatements, mergers and IPOs.
• People & Change: help organizations develop differentiated employee experiences and enable sustained behavior change for large-scale initiatives.
• Supply Chain & Operations: reduce cost, improve efficiency and reduce risk across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing and delivery.
• Receive hands-on training, project assignments from Talent Managers and support from a network of advisors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant discipline (Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Project Management, Supply Chain or other business majors).
• Must be within one year of final graduation at the time of the internship.
• U.S. visa status: authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Experience solving problems with AI-powered productivity and collaboration tools (e.g. Microsoft Copilot, GenAI).
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills and ability to apply critical thinking and innovation to client engagements.

Required skills

• Foundation in accounting and finance processes and objectives.
• Documenting findings and sharing recommendations.
• Entry-level knowledge of organizational operations processes and objectives.
• Technical proficiency aligned to the assigned capability area.

What we offer

• Liftoff, an award-winning onboarding experience, and The Intern Challenge, an experiential learning course.
• Opportunities to join committees, employee network groups and social, civic and networking activities.
• A hybrid work model, with in-person work in local offices and client sites, and possible local or out-of-state travel depending on the project.