Finance Intern; Summer

Location:

Denver, CO

Employment type:

Full-Time
Pay: $20.00-$24.50/hour based on class year
Final date to receive applications:
April 16, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. MT

As a Finance Intern, you'll support recurring and ad hoc analysis across Frontier, gaining exposure to financial planning, cost-reduction initiatives, strategic benchmarking, labor analysis, capital allocation, fleet planning and flight profitability. You'll also work with financial models that evaluate measures such as internal rate of return, net present value and payback while collaborating with Finance leadership, business partners and operating teams across the airline.

Finance helps Frontier understand where the business is performing well, where opportunities exist and how different decisions could affect financial and operational results. Your analysis will help leaders understand cost and revenue performance, evaluate potential opportunities and make decisions in an environment where financial discipline and operational performance are closely connected.

This internship operates with close supervision. Assignments are completed according to established procedures, with detailed instructions and regular review of work. The role is based in a typical office environment in Denver, Colorado.

This role reports to Frontier Airlines' Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis. This is an individual contributor internship with no direct reports.

Support financial planning and analysis

• Deliver timely, accurate analysis to Finance leadership and business stakeholders.
• Support short- and long-term financial planning activities.
• Investigate the root causes of cost and revenue variances and identify potential profit-improvement opportunities.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analyses and reporting requested by senior management.

Evaluate opportunities and scenarios

• Identify and size potential revenue and cost opportunities across the organization.
• Conduct scenario analysis to evaluate strategies under different business conditions.
• Support financial modeling involving internal rate of return, net present value and payback.
• Contribute analysis supporting areas such as capital allocation, fleet planning and flight profitability.

Support strategic and operational decisions

• Benchmark financial and operational performance against competitors and relevant best practices.
• Support analysis related to labor, cost-reduction initiatives and other strategic business priorities.
• Apply structured analytical approaches and quantitative techniques to business problems.
• Serve as an internal resource for identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiency.

Build financial awareness across the business

• Support Frontier's focus on cost discipline and help strengthen financial awareness across the organization.
• Collaborate with Finance leadership, business partners and operating groups on assigned projects and analyses.

What you'll bring

• Current enrollment at an accredited university.
• Preference given to candidates who have completed at least two years of undergraduate coursework or who are enrolled in a graduate program.
• Coursework in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics or another quantitative discipline.
• Demonstrated understanding of economic, financial and accounting concepts.
• Familiarity with Excel, macros and other tools used for data mining and analysis.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to structure logical analytical approaches and apply quantitative techniques to business problems.
• Ability to work independently and creatively…