Finance Intern (Summer 2025)

About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.

Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

About the Role:

As a Finance Intern, you'll dive deep into data to surface actionable insights that will guide key decisions across the company. Opportunities include work on enhancing reporting systems, identifying cost-saving opportunities through the review of existing agreements, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize financial performance, among others. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in strategic finance and operations, develop your analytical and problem-solving skills, and directly contribute to Gusto’s growth and mission.

Our Finance internship is a 12-week hybrid summer program focused on making a significant impact on our customers by being embedded directly into our Finance, BizOps & Strategy (FBOS) team. Each intern has a dedicated intern mentor, and team manager who supports them as they contribute immediately to the team's roadmap will directly help Gusto’s mission.

About the Team:

In this role, you'll join Gusto's FBOS team, supporting business partner organizations (for example, Customer Experience, EPD, Corp Dev) as we scale to serve even more customers. The FBOS team provides financial, operational, and strategic support at the corporate, departmental, and product level. The team’s mission is to define and defend the business model while accelerating Gusto’s growth. Our team plays a key role in supporting Gusto's overall mission, including our commitment to RISE.

For a closer look at what it’s like to work with Gusto, check out this overview of our work culture. Learn more about Gusto's growth and innovation through our Series E Fundraising Announcement and our ongoing efforts to support small businesses and communities.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Work cross-functionally to complete high impact projects.
• Develop technical and financial skills as you tackle challenging projects.
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities and offer simple, innovative solutions.
• Assist with various aspects of the financial closing process such as researching variances and preparing monthly reports.

Here’s what we're looking for:

• Students pursuing a BS in Finance, Accounting, or a related field with an expected graduation date between December 2025 - May 2027.
• Demonstrates a strong intellectual curiosity and quick learning abilities, with excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Exhibits a service-oriented mindset, bringing a positive attitude to daily tasks with the aim of driving impactful outcomes for our Customers, Members, and Gusties.
• A structured thinker with keen attention to detail, capable of finding, analyzing, and summarizing information from various sources effectively.
• Shows a genuine interest in financial trends and a desire to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world business challenges.
• This is a hybrid role and will require you to be in the office at least twice a week in our New York or Denver office. Relocation assistance will be provided during your internship.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $32.70/hr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $41.35/hr for New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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