Finance & Strategy Professional CoOp Intern (Summer 2027)
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Job overview
FirstEnergy is seeking a Finance & Strategy intern for its Summer 2027 session, running May 17 through August 20. Depending on academic discipline, department, and assigned projects, the intern may support accounting, financial reporting, FP&A, internal audit, or risk work. The position is on-site at FirstEnergy’s headquarters in Akron, Ohio.
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FirstEnergy at a Glance
We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.
FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid- Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.
About the Opportunity
This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [SC00]
As a Finance & Strategy (Accounting, Financial Reporting, FP&A, Internal Audit, or Risk) Intern at FirstEnergy, you will have an impact on the team’s success. For the Summer 2027 session (May 17th to August 20th, 2027). This position would be on-site at our Headquarters in Akron, Ohio. Based on your academic discipline, as well as the department and projects you are assigned to, selected candidates may:
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Compose and input journal entries and analyze various general ledger accounts
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Perform balance sheet reconciliations
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Assist with month-end financial reporting
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Assist with accounting research projects
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Assist with budgeting, financial forecasting, and financial analysis
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Contribute to improving current work processes and supporting documentation
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Assist with various ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests
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Collaborate with other departments within the Finance & Strategy Department to complete projects
Qualifications
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Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program at an accredited university/college with a major in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related discipline.
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Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better
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Must have the ability to work without sponsorship (now or in the future)
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Ability to pay attention to details
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Demonstrate ability to define and solve problems
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Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to make formal presentations to various audiences
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Willingness to undertake assignments involving unfamiliar subjects, with the aptitude to learn quickly
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Sound understanding of Microsoft Office line of products, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Organizational skills to prioritize and plan work, multi-task and meet schedules
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Able to work in a team environment
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Highly motivated to work independently and productively, with an aptitude to learn quickly
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Analytical skills to resolve problems and think creatively
How this job compares
Set against the 468 open Finance Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$22–27/hr168 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Finance Intern jobs in Ohio and 468 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- Finance Intern postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (24 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 135 of the 468 open Finance Intern jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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