Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

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I. Job Summary The MBA Finance Intern will support the Renewable Energy finance team in delivering high-quality financial analysis, partnering with commercial leaders, and contributing to core financial processes. This role will provide hands-on experience in operational finance, commercial support, and strategic analysis within a fast-growing segment of WM’s business. Learning Outcomes • Exposure to full-cycle finance within a high-growth business unit. • Hands-on experience supporting the close process, commercial transactions, commodity risk, and forecasting. • Understanding of how finance partners with commercial, operations, and technical teams. • Development of analytical, modeling, and business communication skills. II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. • Support monthly close activities, including variance analysis, journal entry preparation, and review of key financial schedules. • Partner with the commercial organization to evaluate new opportunities, support pricing and deal analysis, and develop financial models for customer or project scenarios. • Assist in building or enhancing driver-based forecasting models for revenue, operating costs, and project performance. • Support the commodity risk management function through data analysis, exposure tracking, and helping evaluate hedge or contract strategies. • Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis to support decision-making across the Renewable Energy team. • Work with operations, engineering, and commercial leads to gather data, validate assumptions, and prepare clear and concise insights. • Help prepare materials for leadership reviews, including forecast updates, performance summaries, and business cases. • Participate in cross-functional meetings to understand business drivers and support ongoing business partnership across the organization. • Support continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function, including process documentation, automation opportunities, and standardization of reporting. III. Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory duties. IV. Qualifications The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. A. Education and Experience Education: Current MBA student with a focus on finance, strategy, or related field. Experience: Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills. • Comfort working with large data sets and converting data into actionable insights. • Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Strong communication skills and ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders. • Interest in renewable energy, sustainability, or energy markets is a plus. B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements None required. C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Ability to work well with staff at all levels and across functional teams Project management experience, leadership, and ability to multi-task and prioritize Ability to work independent of direct supervision Strong oral and written communication skills Available to travel up to 20 percent of time Interest in business and environmental sustainability issues, topics, and trends Benefits At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.” ABOUT WM WM (WM.com) is North America’s largest comprehensive waste management environmental solutions provider. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them achieve their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post-consumer materials and is the leader in beneficial reuse of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most gas-to-electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes nearly 11,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy-duty natural gas truck fleet of its kind in North America – where more than half are fueled by renewable natural gas. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com. Equal Employment Opportunity For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation. Real ID In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons, or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative.