Finance Internships – Summer 2027

Your future in media starts here. The NBCUniversal Summer Internship Program is your chance to help shape what’s next in media and entertainment. Whether you’re supporting major news coverage, creating content for iconic brands, or contributing to innovative projects, you’ll bring your ideas, creativity, and perspective to make an impact throughout your internship.

Beyond your day-to-day role, you’ll take part in a thoughtfully designed program focused on career development, building your professional presence, and growing your workplace confidence. Through real-world experience and a community of fellow interns, you’ll explore what’s possible in this ever changing and exciting industry.

In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2027 interns:

• Paid company holidays for full-time interns.
• Robust networking, learning and development opportunities.
• Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship.
• Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship.
• Access to mental health resources including counseling sessions.
• Financial assistance to offset expenses for transportation and housing may be available on a needs-based basis for eligible in-person interns. More details about eligibility for this assistance will be provided at the time of offer.

Summer 2027 Program Details

Program Dates: June 7 – August 13, 2027

Time Commitment: 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need.

Format

Opportunities listed will require an intern to work from New York, NY.

Summer 2027 Recruitment Timeline

November 9 – December 4: Applications Open (may close early due to applicant volume)

Mid November – Late December: First round video interviews

Mid – Late January: Second round interviews

Late January – February: Selected candidates receive offers

To Apply:

• Submit a one-page resume that outlines your work experience, accomplishments, and your graduation month and year.
• Submit a cover letter that highlights your passion for NBCUniversal and your top areas of interest (opportunities listed below).
• Upload a transcript (unofficial transcripts are fine) that confirms your status as an actively enrolled student in a degree-granting program.

NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships brings together the power of NBCUniversal’s iconic brands, premium content, innovative technology, and expansive audiences to create meaningful connections between advertisers and consumers.

From entertainment and sports to streaming and digital platforms, our teams work across sales, marketing, insights, data, technology, and creative solutions to develop impactful advertising experiences for brands and partners.

Universal Television Entertainment is responsible for world-class television entertainment. The division programs and markets content across leading entertainment brands Bravo, NBC and Peacock, and produces over 3,000 hours of television annually through Universal Studio Group, the studio business comprised of Universal Television, Universal Global Television and Universal Television Alternative Studio.

NBCU Corporate groups are uniquely positioned at the core of our organization. Employees within these groups use their area of expertise to support all businesses across the company, keeping the heart of each brand at the forefront.

NBCUniversal Local is NBCUniversal’s local media division that delivers English and Spanish-speakers and bilingual audiences in 31 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico the very best in local sports, news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen.

NBCUniversal Local is comprised of three individual media groups including the NBC Owned Television Stations, the NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Telemundo Station Group. NBCUniversal Local’s stations and networks serve diverse audiences and communities across linear, streaming, OTT, digital web, mobile and audio, and cable platforms and work together to keep local audiences informed anytime and anywhere.

Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to:

• Ad Sales Finance – Digital: The Digital Finance team supports financial planning, reporting, and analysis across NBCUniversal’s streaming and digital advertising business. Interns may assist with revenue reporting, forecasting, pacing analysis, partner deliverables, and month-end activities while gaining exposure to the financial processes that support the advertising business.
• HQ Controllership, Stage Plays: The intern will gain hands-on exposure to entertainment accounting, quarterly close, account reconciliations and journal-entry procedures. The intern will also contribute to process-improvement efforts involving data automation, responsible use of AI-enabled tools and implementation of scalable accounting solutions, while gaining broader cross-functional exposure to the Stage Plays Finance organization.
• UTE Finance Programming: Our team has full oversight of the Unscripted Programming & Development budgets for Bravo and Peacock. The role will provide operational support and will work cross-functionally between the Finance, Strategy, Scheduling and Production Operations teams, and provides the unique opportunity to be involved in programming strategy.
• UTE Media Platforms Marketing Finance: This position is a key member of the UTE Marketing Finance team, partnering with Marketing and Communications leaders to provide strategic financial support, help drive planning and close processes, and provide insights that drive informed business decisions and organizational growth. Interns will support the maintenance and reporting of key marketing metrics, and ad hoc analysis across Peacock, NBC, Bravo, and Sports, get hands-on experience with the monthly budget cycle, including prepping and maintaining budget files and partnering with operating teams, and support monthly consolidation of the Marketing portfolio, including variance analysis.
• Corporate Strategy: The Intern, Corporate Strategy & Development will have the opportunity to work across multiple businesses within NBCUniversal (Film & Television Studios, Television & Direct-to-Consumer Entertainment, News & Sports, Telemundo, Consumer Products, and Parks). This unique position will provide access to high-level strategic decision-making in the ever-evolving world of media and entertainment. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: providing financial and strategic support in evaluating mergers & acquisitions, joint venture partnerships, minority investments, and cross-divisional business development initiatives; developing financial models and valuation analyses, including returns analysis and sensitivities; preparing comprehensive business plans for new growth initiatives, including new business opportunities or opportunistic enhancements to internal businesses; and conducting market research and competitive benchmarking to inform leadership on industry trends.
• International Corporate Finance – Billing Ad Sales: Global Customer Finance Operations (Order to Cash - O2C) builds competitive advantage by accelerating revenue cycles, optimizing cash flow and enhancing customer relationships for NBCU’s Digital and Linear networks and Properties, including Peacock. O2C is responsible for the set of business processes that involve receiving and fulfilling customer requests for goods or services, invoicing and collecting $15B from over 30,000 customers worldwide.

Responsibilities of O2C include

Risk management, Billing, Collections, Cash operations, and Finance reporting and analysis. This internship will work with the Billing Ad Sales team, the team responsible for the preparation, analysis, and invoicing our domestic and global media campaigns and licensing fees.

• Media Group Controllership: The Intern will play a key role in the general accounting and compliance of NBCUniversal’s Media Group. This ro