Corporate Finance Intern, Summer 2025

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter’s Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter’s, OshKosh B’gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT

The Carter’s Corporate Finance internship is a summer program for candidates interested in a career in Finance at Carter’s. The intern will be gaining exposure to all facets of Corporate Finance through various job assignments across Corporate Finance. The intern will collaborate and interact with a wide variety of people within Carter’s to build relationships and a strong internal network.

Interns will benefit from experiences across the company and will build critical analytical and business skills. 

Key responsibilities:

70%: Coordinate the consolidation of the financial and strategic planning processes

• Support corporate-level reporting and analysis (EPS reconciliation, Historical P&L, Guidance model, Inventory, Inflation, high level operating income reconciliations)
• Provide analysis to business leaders in support of projects, new business investments, and other profit or cost reduction opportunities
• Prepare consolidated materials and create executive reporting packages for key meetings and forecast cycles (Monthly Business Review meetings, Leadership Team meetings, Earnings preparation, Board of Directors meetings, and monthly/quarterly reporting)

30%: Support strategic initiatives and ad hoc analysis as needed

• Execute specified projects, tasks, and / or deliverables; understand objectives, identify resources, meet set timelines, communicate results and present deliverables
• Effectively communicate project scope, strategy, status and results to high level management
• Simplify processes and automate standard reporting; explore and leverage implement business intelligence tools for reporting (i.e., Tableau, Hyperion)
• Provide back-up support for other finance teams as needed, coordinate with broader FP&A team to provide support and cross train,
• Ad hoc projects depending on the current needs of the business
• Work with all levels of the organization to improve effectiveness through better information
• Perform ad hoc analysis which enables tactical and strategic decision making.  Provide direction and make recommendations.

We’d Love to hear from you if:

• Working towards completion of bachelor’s degree with focus on business, finance, and/or accounting
• Overall GPA greater than or equal to 3.0/4.0
• Consummate team player who is willing to provide a high level of assistance to the finance and accounting team

• Required: leadership ability: strong communicator and decision-maker
• Required: top-caliber critical thinking skills and curious personality
• Required: problem solver: analytical-minded, solves complex problems, aim for improvements
• Required: proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
• Required: strong interpersonal skills, highly collaborative working and communication style
• Preferred: understanding of business concepts/strategy; intern/co-op experience
• Highly Preferred: highly organized and proven ability to multitask

OUR Team Members:

• Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
• Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
• Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
• Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
• Cultivates Innovation:  Respectfully challenge the "we’ve always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes

Make a career at Carter’s:

• Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter’s University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

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Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.