Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Apply by Date: 05/20/2025

Hourly Minimum Pay Rate: $19.14

Hourly Maximum Pay Rate: $23.32

Join SMUD's Finance team for a unique year-round internship that offers college students the chance to dive into the world of utility finance. This is more than just an internship; it's your gateway to gaining invaluable real-world experience while contributing to a vital industry.

As an intern, you'll be actively involved in various areas of SMUD Finance, helping to power the business of electricity and supporting a sustainable future. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how an electric utility operates, while developing your skills in essential finance concepts. Here’s a glimpse of what you'll explore:

• The intricacies of the Business of Electricity
• Fundamentals of SMUD’s finance functions
• Hands-on involvement with budgets, planning, and reporting
• Insights into revenue planning and reporting
• Understanding metrics and KPIs that drive performance
• Experience with accruals and journal entries
• Opportunities for ad-hoc reporting
• Techniques for accurate forecasting

Additionally, you’ll learn about:

• The essentials of financial planning, reporting, and analysis for businesses
• The unique aspects of For-Profit and Not-For-Profit financial structures
• The chance to focus on a specific Business Unit’s finance and operations that sparks your interest

Engage with us and transform the way you think about finance while making a meaningful impact at SMUD!

About SMUD's College Internship Program

SMUD's College Internship Program provides college interns with an opportunity to contribute their skills and knowledge to SMUD while gaining valuable work experience. Workshops and activities will also be part of the program where interns will have the opportunity to be immersed in SMUD's culture and learn leadership skills as well as develop their professional skills.

SMUD was also recognized by Interns 2 Pros for the 2020 Internship Program of The Year Award in recognition of excellence in internship strategy, implementation, and impact and was one of five finalists for the 2023 Internship Program of the Year from Interns 2 Pros along with Paramount, Fox Corporation, Intuit, and Toyota.

Purpose

Under staff direction, incumbents in this classification are full-time students who perform research and analytical tasks for projects and assignments that utilize specific and acquired academic skills and knowledge in non-engineering subjects and disciplines.

Nature and Scope

The work performed in this classification calls for regular application of analytical and independent research skills. This work is distinguished from students engaged in repetitive and easily learned tasks who are employed in the Office Assistant (clerical/technical) classification. Incumbents in the Engineering Student Assistant classification perform at a similar level but are restricted to students majoring in an Engineering curriculum and performing tasks that employ acquired mathematical and science knowledge.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs tasks of an analytical or research nature for suitable projects or ongoing assignments which call for specific acquired academic skills and knowledge.
• May locate sources of information; collects and organizes data.
• Makes computations and analyzes data for degree of confidence and for alternative courses of action.
• May develop computer programs relating to assignments and may code material for established programs.
• May develop written, graphic and/or oral reports.
• May assist staff analysts and technical personnel by performing elements of their work under close supervision.

Required Education

Registration as a full-time student (minimum of 12 units) at a resident academic institution in a declared curriculum that will provide the specific skills and knowledge that will contribute to available work assignments.

Desirable Qualifications

• Junior standing at a college/university
• Majoring in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related major
• Completed first level core courses in Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Business
• Be able to work independently, solve problems, and resolve conflicts
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as good presentation skills
• Be analytical

Physical Requirements

Applicants must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Application Deadline: It is guaranteed that the online system will accept applications until 5 PM on the apply by date. It is highly encouraged that applications are submitted well before the due date and time mentioned to make sure that it is submitted successfully.

Official SMUD Title: Student Staff Assistant

• Students must be able to commute to the SMUD Offices in Sacramento, CA when requested to come in.
• To have a student position at SMUD, you must not have any relatives working at SMUD.
• Currently, SMUD is not hiring candidates for its student internship positions who require sponsorship from an employer either now or in the future. Such sponsorship is not needed for citizens, a U.S. National, a permanent resident, or one granted refuge or asylum status by the U.S. government. Visa holders typically require sponsorship in one form or another at some point in time.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are a part of who we are and how we do things. Supporting efforts that promote pay equality is part of that. Salary placement for the selected candidate will be determined in alignment with the California Equal Pay Act or the applicable MOU. Determination for salary placement of internal candidates will be made without respect to current classification or compensation, and will be based upon the candidate's qualifications as compared to those performing substantially similar work. In the event there is a guaranteed pay progression outlined in an applicable MOU, the MOU takes precedence.