2027 Summer Internship - Finance & Accounting

About this role

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Internship Overview   The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 17 - July 30, 2027, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Pro, Home Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.   

What makes a Great Intern:    • Action Oriented : Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm 

• Manages Ambiguity : Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details 

• Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others 

• Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder 

• Communication : Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience 

• Customer Focus : Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions 

• Drives Results : Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks. 

Finance & Accounting Intern: Our Interns are given the opportunity to work on a wide variety of financial projects. Projects could include dealing with driving functional metrics, controlling costs, and working closely with our associates, in order to achieve business goals and create shareholder value. Finance interns will have the opportunity to be involved and help manage businesses with portfolios ranging from $5M to several billion in revenue. Interns will have project-based work. 

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:     • Use strategic thinking to see the big picture, determine the problem and understand fundamental parts of the problem. 

• Prepare and deliver insights and recommendations based on analysis. 

• Synthesize findings and draw conclusions from analysis. 

• Making oral/written recommendations to upper management. Execute tasks directly related to functional projects and/or process improvements. 

• Communicate issues and roadblocks related to areas of responsibility. 

• Participate in high level Executive meetings, gaining exposure to cross-functional business units, building networking relationships, learning/mentoring from top-level management at one of the most revered companies in the world, and engaging in real world business situations that have a direct impact on over 400,000 associates 

Preferred Qualifications: • Currently enrolled Bachelor Degree (minimum half of coursework toward degree satisfied) in the following majors: Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting majors.  

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.  Specifically Excel and PowerPoint 

• Prior Internship experience 

• 3.5 GPA or higher  

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time)    At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in Finance:  • Financial Analyst 

• Tax Analyst

• Data Scientist

Location: Interns will be expected to work in-person at the Atlanta Corporate Office (Store Support Center) five days a week (Monday-Friday). Housing assistance will be provided to eligible interns.

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