Finance Summer Intern Program (Nov 2024)

The Finance Summer Intern Program will give you an understanding of the way we operate on a global level, touch on every division of our business and explore how global factors influence our day-to-day operations. 

Finance Interns may spend time in one of the following core disciplines of Finance: 

• Financial Control
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Decision Support
• and Specialist Services.

Financial Control

Financial Control is a global community of practice with responsibility for ensuring the provision of accurate and timely financial information to a range of internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring that all statutory and regulatory reporting obligations across the Bank are met is a key accountability of Financial Control. Through Line-of-business controllership we ensure the provision of accurate and timely financial information to the Divisional Finance team and businesses. Our Group Performance Management team drive the financial performance of the Group through effective planning, forecasting and analysis including the provision of decision support to Enablement functions. Our Reporting & Data Solution teams work to accelerate the automation and standardisation of our financial reporting capabilities. 

Financial Planning and Analysis 

Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team deliver planning and forecasting based on business drivers and insightful reporting. The team provide an in-depth analysis of our business and identify drivers. Our accountability and productivity are driven through their analysis and insight. Our FP&A team are also responsible for managing our existing investment slate and evaluating new capital. 

Decision Support 

Our Decision Support teams provide strategic insight, proactive financial analysis and advice to businesses they support. They have an in-depth understanding of business performance and provide regular analysis and commentary. They're also involved in developing business units' country specific strategic operating plans and forecasting. 

Specialist Services 

Specialist Services is made up of specialist areas like Group Tax, Project Accounting & Finance Systems. • Group Tax provides taxation support to all areas of ANZ. This team is responsible for setting tax policy, managing relationships with revenue authorities and ensuring compliance with tax legislation. 

• Group Tax provides taxation support to all areas of ANZ. This team is responsible for setting tax policy, managing relationships with revenue authorities and ensuring compliance with tax legislation. • Project Accounting works very closely with projects approved by our Executive Committee in preparation of financials for our projects governance body. Based on the input and direction given by key project and BAU Finance stakeholders, the team delivers project finance information such as monthly reports, forecasting, planning and analysis.
• Finance Systems is at the core of providing management and support of all systems used across the finance functions at ANZ, implementing small "BAU" change to large multimillion dollar upgrades, owning the systems architecture and strategic roadmap and our guardians of the platform integrity of all our systems and their relationships within Finance.

Who makes a good Finance Intern? 

We're on the lookout for people with a balance of financial knowledge and life skills. People with excellent analytical skills and a strong understanding of financial data interpretation who can deliver financial solutions for customers and the broader ANZ business. 

But a great applicant is about more than numbers. We're looking for people who can take their technical knowledge of finance and banking and communicate it to anyone. We're also searching for people who are flexible, friendly and able to adapt to a fast-paced, constantly moving environment. 

Suitable applicants 

Students who are studying Accounting, Finance, Economics, Econometrics, Business or Commerce, Technology or Computing and Software Systems, Data Science and/or Mathematics and Statistics related degrees may be well suited in Finance. However, if you're a student from another discipline and believe Finance is the right fit for you, we are happy to hear from you! 

Note: Please only submit one application / apply for one advertisement for the 2024/25 ANZ Summer Intern Program. You will have the opportunity to also select a second preference of stream as part of the application form. If you apply for more than one, we will only be progressing your first application.

ANZ recognises the value of an inclusive and diverse work environment. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from diverse candidates. Our recruitment decisions are based on the key inherent needs and requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and characteristics.