Business Analytics Intern

Smartlyio · Chicago, Illinois, United States · Data

Posted 2026-09-17

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Smartly is looking for a Business Analytics Intern to join our team for Fall 2026. This internship offers hands-on experience applying analytical skills to real business and customer challenges while working alongside members of our Business Analytics team.

You’ll support a broad range of ongoing and ad hoc analytical projects, helping transform complex data into clear, actionable insights. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is naturally curious, comfortable working with data, and eager to explore how modern analytics and AI tools can help teams make better-informed decisions.

As a Business Analytics Intern, you will…

Transform raw datasets into well-structured data models for analysis, reporting, and dashboarding

Analyze complex customer and business datasets to identify actionable insights and opportunities to better serve our customers

Build, maintain, and enhance dashboards used by teams across the organization

Support ad hoc analytical requests and investigations

Work with stakeholders to understand business questions and translate them into effective analytical approaches

Use AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of your analytical work

Help explore ways for teams across Smartly to use AI to answer analytical questions more effectively

Communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

We are looking for you if you…

Are currently pursuing or have recently completed a degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or another quantitative or analytical field

Have strong analytical and quantitative skills

Have experience working with SQL

Are familiar with data modeling tools such as dbt or similar technologies—this is considered a strong advantage

Have experience with Python or another programming language used for data analysis—this is beneficial but not required

Are naturally curious and comfortable working with data

Can think logically and work through ambiguous problems

Are motivated to learn new tools, technologies, and analytical techniques

Have an interest in AI and its applications within analytics

Can communicate complex findings in a clear and accessible way

What you’ll gain…

Hands-on experience working as part of a Business Analytics team

Experience preparing and modeling datasets for downstream analysis and reporting

Exposure to SQL and modern analytics tools used to work with large, complex datasets

Experience structuring analyses and translating data into actionable business insights

Experience designing dashboards that clearly communicate key metrics and trends

Practice partnering with stakeholders and translating business questions into analytical solutions

Experience incorporating AI tools into analytical workflows

An understanding of how AI can support self-service analytics across an organization

This internship will be approximately 30 hours per week from October 6 through December 17, 2026.

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