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Graduate Intern - Aviation Finance and Budget, Grants, and Capital

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Government & Politics
    Banking & Finance
  • Seattle

Requirements

  • A student:
  • You must be currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program or a recent graduate (< 1 year ago) in a graduate degree program in either Public Administration, Government Administration, Public Policy or similar.
  • Committed to Equity:
  • You will apply equity and exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices in all aspects of the work. At the Port of Seattle, equity is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all Port employees.
  • Technology:
  • You have proven intermediate Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills.
  • Self-Starter:
  • Time management skills, and ability to work independently.
  • Analytical:
  • Good research, data management, and statistical analysis skills.
  • Detail Oriented:
  • Comfortable working with numbers, while having the ability to maintain a big picture perspective.
  • Communication:
  • You have great communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Grants:
  • Researches, compiles, describes, organizes, analyzes, and presents data and information for grant proposals
  • Drafting of grant proposal budgets and assists in the collection & submission supporting documentation
  • Prepare grantor required progress reports and assists with the preparation of grant reimbursement requests, grant-funded asset management and financial forecasting
  • Finance:
  • Work with other AVFB financial analysts, as well as your business partners, to build the 2025 operating and capital budgets
  • Monitor actual financial results against budget and forecast assumptions and research all significant variances as they occur
  • Participate in other finance and capital tasks and projects, as time permits
  • Research:
  • Conduct benchmarking studies that compare peer Airport key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial processes
  • Prepare and present research findings to finance staff and other stakeholders

The Port keeps Washington state connected through aviation, maritime, logistics, trade, and travel services

Government
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1911
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Founded in 1911, the Port owns and operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Fishermen’s Terminal — home of the North Pacific fishing fleet — and public marinas. The Port also owns two cruise ship terminals, a grain terminal, real estate assets, and marine cargo terminals through its partnership in the Northwest Seaport Alliance. Port operations help support nearly 200,000 jobs and $7 billion in wages throughout the region. Over the next 19 years, the port’s “Century Agenda” seeks to create an additional 100,000 jobs through economic growth while becoming the nation’s leading green and energy-efficient port.