CSX Finance Internship - Summer 2026 (Paid)

Internship Summary:

CSX is a Fortune 500 company seeking future business leaders to help foster growth, efficiency and innovation. Interns are placed within the Finance Department for a 10 week immersion into CSX methods and culture. Individuals complete challenging real-world assignments, working hand in hand with leaders across the company to improve decision-making and financial performance. Finance internships provide an opportunity for candidates to experience what a role in corporate finance looks like, while allowing CSX to actively recruit tomorrow's best talent.

Primary Activities and Responsibilities:

Individuals play a key role in completing identified finance projects. These projects are a glimpse into the day-to-day activities of a finance professional, including:

* Cultivating relationships with internal business partners to analyze marketing, operating, and capital projects and understand economic tradeoffs to help make real-time business decisions

* Providing analytical support for operations reviews, resource allocations, and financial valuations

* Guiding the development of short- and long-term forecasts, plans, and strategies.

* Developing and utilizing financial models to quantify benefits and drive sound, fact-based economic decisions

* Consulting and communicating analyses through presentations to senior management in the department and business partners from other departments

Minimum Qualifications:

* Must be at least 18 years of age

* Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related major field of study from an accredited institution

* Must be going into the final year of your undergraduate or graduate program in the summer of 2026, with an anticipated graduation date in Spring 2027

* Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.2 (based on a 4-point scale)

Preferred Qualifications:

* Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.5 (based on a 4-point scale)

Knowledge and Skills:

* Academic distinction with financial or quantitative interest/talent

* Proven leadership ability and initiative

* Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills

* Ability to develop and deliver presentations to a senior level audience

* Proficient in Microsoft Office

Job Requirements:

* Work inside an office environment

* Communicate effectively with senior leadership/executive audiences

* Work within established deadlines

* Successfully complete a background check and drug test