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Retail Strategy & Analytics Intern

At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

Retail Strategy & Analytics Intern

This internship offers hands-on exposure to how Schwab's Retail organization uses strategy, analytics, and structured problem solving to address important business opportunities and improve the client experience. Interns contribute to high-priority work while developing durable skills in analytical thinking, communication, problem solving, collaboration, and execution.

Through real-world projects and collaboration with business leaders and experienced professionals, interns gain insight into how Schwab evaluates complex business questions, translates data and information into meaningful insights, and develops recommendations that support clients and the broader Retail organization. Business Strategy interns work on issues tied directly to the Retail leadership agenda, while Analytics interns help deliver analytical insights and recommendations that inform Retail business decisions.

2027 Retail Strategy & Analytics Opportunity Areas Include:

Business StrategyOperates as an internal consulting team focused on high-priority questions for Retail leadership, giving interns opportunities to contribute to strategic initiatives such as growth strategy, GenAI adoption, competitive and market assessments, M&A and integration planning, and organizational design. Interns receive meaningful ownership of a workstream and exposure to senior leaders across the Retail business.

 

Analytics ConsultingPartners with the Retail business to transform data into actionable insights and recommendations, with opportunities to analyze client and asset behaviors, forecast business outcomes, measure sales performance, build KPI dashboards, improve client experiences, and explore how AI can enhance analytics and decision-making.

What You'll Do

Depending on your assigned team, you may:

• Tackle complex and sometimes ambiguous business questions by breaking problems into structured components and identifying the information needed to develop solutions.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify patterns, trends, business drivers, and actionable insights.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop analytical approaches and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Conduct research and synthesize information to support strategic priorities and business decisions.
• Create stakeholder-ready presentations, analyses, dashboards, and written materials that clearly communicate findings and recommendations.
• Analyze client behavior, asset flows, sales performance, segmentation, or other business performance measures.
• Support strategic initiatives related to growth, client experience, competitive positioning, GenAI, business transformation, operating models, or organizational design.
• Build or contribute to performance measurement tools, KPI dashboards, forecasting models, or analytical reporting.
• Explore opportunities to use AI and productivity tools to improve analytical capabilities, business performance reporting, or ways of working.
• Take ownership of a defined workstream or deliverable and drive work from initial research or analysis through recommendations and next steps.

What You'll Learn

• How strategy and analytics support decision-making within a large financial services organization.
• How to approach ambiguous business challenges using structured problem-solving techniques.
• How quantitative and qualitative information can be translated into insights, recommendations, and business actions.
• How client behavior, asset flows, sales performance, and other business metrics can inform strategic and operational decisions.
• How to identify the key "so what" within complex information and communicate a clear recommendation.
• How analytics, dashboards, KPIs, and forecasting can be used to measure and improve business performance.
• How emerging capabilities such as GenAI can influence strategy, analytics, productivity, and the client experience.
• How cross-functional teams collaborate to address high-priority questions across Schwab's Retail business.

 

These opportunities provide exposure to work that can directly support Retail business priorities and senior leadership decision-making.

 

 

 

 

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program and entering junior-level standing by internship start date.
• Have not completed your bachelor's degree prior to the internship.
• Able to commit to 40 hours per week during the 9-week Summer 2027 internship program.
• Able to begin full-time employment between August 2027 and September 2028.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
• Willing to relocate at personal expense if required.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications will vary based on the specific Business Strategy or Analytics Consulting opportunity. Candidates are not expected to meet the qualifications associated with both areas.

Across Retail Strategy & Analytics opportunities:

• Demonstrated analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and an interest in understanding complex business questions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize information and communicate clear conclusions or recommendations.
• Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and ability to move assigned work forward.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teammates and business partners.
• Ability to learn quickly and work effectively in evolving or ambiguous environments.
• Familiarity with AI and productivity tools and an interest in financial services are a plus.

For Business Strategy opportunities:

• Ability to structure ambiguous business problems and independently develop an approach for moving work forward.
• Experience working with both quantitative and qualitative information to develop insights and recommendations.
• Comfort using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to analyze information and create stakeholder-ready materials.
• Coursework or experience related to consulting, strategy, finance, economics, analytics, business, or similar disciplines may be helpful but is not required.
• Ability to synthesize complex information, identify the most important implications, and communicate a clear point of view.

For Analytics Consulting opportunities:

• Experience or coursework in analytics, data science, statistics, or another quantitatively focused discipline.
• Experience using SQL and/or Python to analyze data and solve business problems.
• Comfort using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to analyze information and communicate findings.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI is a plus.
• Ability to work with business partners to develop an analytical plan, interpret results, identify the key "so what," and communicate a clear recommendation.
• Interest in applying data and analytical techniques to client behavior, sales performance, forecasting, business measurement, or similar business challenges.

 

 

 

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