CSX Finance Internship - Summer 2025 (Paid)
Internship Summary:
CSX is a Fortune 250 company seeking future business leaders to help foster growth, efficiency and innovation. Interns are placed within the Finance Department for a 10 week immersion into CSX methods and culture. Individuals complete challenging real-world assignments, working hand in hand with leaders across the company to improve decision-making and financial performance. Finance internships provide an opportunity for candidates to experience what a role in corporate finance looks like, while allowing CSX to actively recruit tomorrow’s best talent.
Primary Activities and Responsibilities:
Individuals play a key role in completing identified finance projects. These projects are a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of a finance professional, including:
- Cultivating relationships with internal business partners to analyze marketing, operating, and capital projects and understand economic tradeoffs to help make real-time business decisions
- Providing analytical support for operations reviews, resource allocations, and financial valuations
- Guiding the development of short- and long-term forecasts, plans, and strategies.
- Developing and utilizing financial models to quantify benefits and drive sound, fact-based economic decisions
- Consulting and communicating analyses through presentations to senior management in the department and business partners from other departments
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related major field of study from an accredited institution
- Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0 (based on a 4-point scale)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Anticipated graduation within a year after the end of the internship
- Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.5 (based on a 4-point scale)
Knowledge and Skills:
- Academic distinction with financial or quantitative interest/talent
- Proven leadership ability and initiative
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
- Ability to develop and deliver presentations to a senior level audience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
Job Requirements:
- Work inside an office environment
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership/executive audiences
- Work within established deadlines
- Successfully complete a background check and drug test