Do you want to enhance your corporate finance experience with a cutting-edge technology company?
Are you looking to join a motivated, curious team of rotation program mentors and industry leaders?
Work with our corporate finance leaders!
Our FP&A teams collaborate to deliver accurate, efficient, and intelligent forecasting, reporting, and analytics to our business. With a thoughtful and rigorous approach to data, our Finance team is a critical business partner for leadership and ensures Akamai's steady development.
Grow with our dedicated Financial Planning & Analysis Organization
Our Finance summer internship program prepares you to succeed in our 3-year Associate Finance Development Program (AFDP) after graduation. Working with mentors, you'll be exposed to business line finance, commercial finance, corporate financial planning and analysis, and more.
As a Finance Intern, you will be responsible for:
- Assisting with monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reporting and in-depth customer or product analysis
- Developing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and outlooks, and resource planning analysis
- Identifying process improvement opportunities and gaining support to implement necessary improvements with the team
- Generating business presentations for senior Finance management, including a final showcase presentation
- Performing industry analyses to develop operational best practices and updating internal documentation
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Be currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program in a business-related field and planning to graduate between December 2027 and June 2028
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Have prior internship experience in financial analysis or a related area
- Have proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Be a self-starter, excited about working in an entrepreneurial, quick environment
- Be available to work in a hybrid format from the Akamai Cambridge HQ
Work in a way that works for you
Our 12-week summer intern program starts in May and requires you to be available 40 hours per week through mid August.
We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
Working for you
Through our intern and co-op programs we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Benefits are offered through our managed service provider (MSP). Students also gain the following benefits directly from our programs:
- Mentorship
- Career development trainings
- Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats
- Networking and social events with an international intern cohort
- Final project showcase presented to the company
- Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise
About us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to learn and make a real impact in a global technology company? Come join us and learn with a team of people who will energize and inspire you! By the end of your assignment, you will gain a network of encouraging colleagues ready to support you in your studies and beyond.
Skills Required
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor's program in a business-related field
- Planning to graduate between December 2027 and June 2028
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Prior internship experience in financial analysis or a related area
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Availability to work in a hybrid format from the Akamai Cambridge headquarters
- Availability for 40 hours per week from May through mid-August
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
Akamai Technologies Insights
What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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