Intern - Finance

Looking for a finance internship where you can apply what you’re learning at university and gain exposure to how large, complex organisations operate? 

As a Finance Intern at Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA), you’ll gain hands‑on experience supporting our Finance team across business and program activities. This is a great opportunity to build practical skills, learn from experienced professionals, and understand how finance supports major Defence and technology programs. 

What you’ll be doing  

You’ll be part of a supportive and collaborative team, with guidance and mentoring throughout your internship. Your work may include: 

• Assisting with financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting activities 

• Supporting cost tracking and financial analysis 

• Helping prepare reports, dashboards, and presentations 

• Working with financial data to support business and program decisions 

• Learning how finance operates within a large, regulated organisation 

• Collaborating with stakeholders across finance, programs, and operations 

This 12 week internship is designed to help you build confidence, develop practical skills, and connect your studies to real business outcomes.  This role is based at our Fortitude Valley office in Brisbane, Queensland. 

Eligibility requirements:  

We’re looking for motivated students who are keen to learn and get involved:  

• Currently studying a Bachelor of Finance, Accounting, Business, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline 

• Interested in building a career in finance or business 

• Strong attention to detail with an interest in working with numbers and data 

• Willing to learn new systems and processes 

• Good communication skills and a collaborative attitude 

• Australian citizenship (required for some work environments) 

• Ability to work full-time over the allocated internship period 

If you’re keen to kick‑start your finance career and gain valuable hands‑on experience, we’d love to hear from you.  You can submit your application, along with your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcripts on our website. Due to our secure systems, we are unable to accept resumes and other documentation via email. 

The Recruitment Process  

• Apply on our website with the required documents. A cover letter is crucial as we want to know, “why us?”  

• You will receive an email with a survey and some more information about Northrop Grumman, which we hope you complete as soon as possible.  

• You will receive a call or email from one of our friendly recruitment team to talk through your application. From here, our recruitment team will organise for you to attend one of our assessment centres or an interview.  

• A recruitment representative or your hiring manager will give you a call to let you know if you are successful or unsuccessful.  

• If you are successful, a People and Culture representative will then reach out to you to discuss your onboarding and provide a warm welcome to Northrop Grumman!  

Please note that our recruitment process can be lengthy due to the strong security checks required which allow our Interns to get close to our secure technology. Therefore, any candidates MUST have an Australian Citizenship to apply.