2025 Business Management Finance Summer Internship - General Dynamics Electric Boat

General Dynamics Electric Boat provides an unparalleled learning experience for college students, offering practical exposure in the defense industry alongside professionals, shaping and supporting the future of submarine innovation.

As a Business Management Finance intern you will receive hands-on learning experiences in various departments across the full range of professions that support ongoing business operations. Interns are provided with tasks that are both technically challenging and educationally stimulating.  With the guidance of Electric Boat's senior staff and management, Business Management & Finance Interns will assist analysts, buyers/planners and systems coordinators with a variety of tasks and projects, depending on their assignment.  Possible areas of assignment include the following:

Accounting, Cash Management, Timekeeping, and Payroll:  Tracking and managing incurred costs, including labor, accounts payable / receivable and production of weekly / monthly reporting

Advance Planning:  Supporting the company’s work planning and tracking systems which control production and scheduling.

Audit and Compliance:  Reviewing and validating internal procedures and controls and supporting audits by external groups.

Business Information System Support:  System and user level support for deployed business information systems and tools.

Contract Management:  Supporting the management and negotiation of new contracts and change orders on existing contracts, as well as estimating and bid preparation.

Finance:  Forecasting and analysis of the company’s requirements for labor, capital, and capital equipment, including facilities, forward pricing rate development, as well as financial reporting to external organizations.

Information Services / Document Control:  Creation, management and oversight of technical documentation, including drawings, revisions and specifications and company procedures and controls.

Program Finance:  Budgeting, management, and financial control of existing programs, including oversight and operation of the Earned Value Management System.

Strategic Sourcing:  Analysis and management of capabilities of suppliers of major subassemblies and determining outsourcing opportunities for those suppliers.

Supply Chain Management:  Creation, management and oversight of purchase orders and suppliers across the full breadth of the submarine supply chain:

Each intern accepted into the program will be given a Mentor for duration of the internship.  As an intern you will have the opportunity to gain real life experience in the work force, gain insight into the internal processes of a major corporation, and apply the skills acquired in school related to the Business Management & Finance area of interest.  

This program requires a minimum commitment of 8 weeks during the Summer 2025 Season.

This is not a remote opportunity.

Please note you may be assigned to work at any of the following locations: North Kingstown RI, Groton CT, North Stonington CT, New London, CT, and you will need reliable transportation and housing for the duration of your intern assignment.

To be qualified for this position:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• US citizenship is required.
• Must be able to successfully pass a medically supervised drug screen and background check.
• Must be enrolled full-time at a college or university
• At minimum students must have completed their Freshman year prior to the start of the internship.
• Must be available to work 40 hours per week for a minimum eight (8) consecutive weeks between May 2025 to September 2025; part time positions are not available.
• Working towards a Degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Economics or other business-related degree program

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to learn new skills and apply them
• Ability to solve problems in a constructive manner
• Strong interpersonal skills   
• Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Office)
• Ability to write SQL statements desired for some positions