2025 Summer Program - Sophomore - Executive Office (SOS)

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of New York

The Sophomore Career Exploration Internship gives you the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution. Through project-based work and professional development activities, you’ll get both an introduction to professional life and an understanding of the New York Fed’s consequential and dynamic work. In addition to your daily responsibilities, you’ll gain personal and professional skills to help you prepare for the next steps in your education and career journeys. You’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive cohort and be paired with a mentor who’s excited to support you. During your internship, you’ll also learn more about our Junior Summer Analyst program, which serves as a recruitment pipeline for the New York Fed’s entry-level hiring.
Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.
The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance. 

What we do:

The Executive Office’s Strategy and Operating Services (SOS) team at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York NY is responsible for working with senior leadership to develop the strategic priorities for the organization, communicate the strategic priorities to key stakeholders, while driving strategic and operating management transparency to support the successful execution of the Bank’s strategic plan.

Your role as a Summer Analyst in the Executive Office:

• Collaborate with the SOS team in activities and deliverables that support the implementation of Bank Strategic Priorities.

• Engage in strategic planning activities such as research, content development, and/or key management reporting that includes aggregation and synthesis of information stemming from multiple sources.

• Support various special projects, as needed, providing learning and development exposure to Bank wide process, products, and staff.

What we are looking for:

• Strong analytical skills, with ability to gather and analyze information, enrich a topic, prove/disprove a hypothesis, and create a narrative.

• Must have an expected graduation date of Winter 2026 or Spring 2027

• Strong collaboration skills and customer-service mindset with an ability to scope a business problem and develop creative viable options for solving it.

• Experience in delivering successful outcomes on projects with multiple stakeholders and divergent interests.

 To Apply: Please include a resume and unofficial transcript.

• Applications for our 2025 Sophomore program close on October 4th, 2024 at 11:59pm EST. For a full breakdown of the recruitment timeline, visit our website.

This is a paid internship. Please note, summer housing is not provided.

Salary Range: Your regular wages for the 8 weeks will be paid on a semi-monthly basis and will be calculated based on an annual salary of $65,600, less applicable taxes.

We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.

Our Touchstone Behaviors—Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership—help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more.

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or military service.

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box. 

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.

Full Time / Part TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryTemporary

Job Exempt (Yes / No)No

Job CategoryInternship

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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