Financial Analyst Intern - Summer 2025

Program Dates: June 2, 2025 - August 8, 2025

*This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation

Who We Are: 

Do you like distilling complex problems into actionable solutions? Are you able to quantify costs, understand their business impact, and communicate the tradeoffs? Do you want to use data to identify key opportunities and drive multi-million dollar investment decisions for Wayfair’s various business segments?  The Strategic Finance team owns all forecasting and financial reporting for our growing global business and acts as a strategic partner to each of our business units to ensure we are supporting Wayfair’s growth while also making sound financial decisions for the business.  We are a diverse and fun crew - come join us!

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare financial analyses/models to support leadership decision making
• Support ad-hoc analytical requests both from finance and stakeholder teams
• Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) across the business, communicate variances over time, and partner with senior leaders to drive improvements
• Automate dashboards and monthly reporting materials (including historicals & forecast)  for leadership meetings through Google DataStudio & Looker
• Learn and develop in a hands on environment where you will be owning / supporting projects and receive frequent feedback & coaching

What You’ll Need: 

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors or higher with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2025 and Summer 2026 with a 3.0 GPA minimum
• Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship
• Ability to commit to working 40 hours/week (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday) from June 2  - August 8, 2025 in our Boston office
• You must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Interest in a Finance role that is strategy focused
• Ability to work in an environment that requires being a self starter and team player
• Proficiency in working with large and/or complex data to drive actionable insights in at least 1 of the following (a) Excel or Google Sheets and (b) SQL, GBQ, or an equivalent
• Ability to simplify complex data, identify core themes, and provide actionable solutions (e.g., critical thinking & problem solving skills)
• Detail oriented and enjoys tackling new challenges 
• Ability to effectively communicate both to leadership within the Finance team and stakeholder teams 

Wayfair Internship Program:

Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time program in our Boston, Massachusetts office for 10 weeks, June 2-August 8. No matter who you are, we want Wayfair to be a place where you feel at home. We offer high impact-projects, mentorship, and community-building activities to all of our interns. Throughout the program, we provide interns with the opportunity to engage in social and community building activities including:

• A calendar of intern events including social networking, professional development and a leadership dialogue series
• Formalized mentorship program along with an assigned reporting manager for impactful professional development and feedback
• Skills-based training
• Dialogue events with senior leaders to provide a holistic view of all functions at Wayfair
• Coffee chat opportunities for interns to get to know one another 
• Volunteer opportunities
• Intern-wide innovation project designed to teach interns skills for handling ambiguous business problems
• Intern Appreciation Day celebration
• Events throughout Boston which allow interns to explore what the city has to offer including a Red Sox game, and Boston Harbor boat cruise

Wayfair’s In Office Expectations:

All Boston-based interns, co-ops, and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely Friday.