Company

Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkThe Sophomore Career Exploration Internship gives you the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution. Through project-based work and professional development activities, you’ll get both an introduction to professional life and an understanding of the New York Fed’s consequential and dynamic work. In addition to your daily responsibilities, you’ll gain personal and professional skills to help you prepare for the next steps in your education and career journeys. You’ll be part of a collaborative and inclusive cohort and be paired with a mentor who’s excited to support you. During your internship, you’ll also learn more about our Junior Summer Analyst program, which serves as a recruitment pipeline for the New York Fed’s entry-level hiring.

Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.

The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance.

What we do:

As a 2025 Summer Program Sophomore Analyst within the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) Process Simplification & Automation (PSA) team, you will have an opportunity help the Bank define the most efficient and effective way to execute processes while retaining quality. You will have the opportunity to see behind the scenes of our Bank’s operations and help deliver solutions that enrich our employee experience and move the Bank from current to future state. Together, we will celebrate our team successes and learn quickly from our failures. We look forward to welcoming you as the newest member of our team.

Your role as a Summer Analyst in the Executive Office on the PSA team:

• Analyze processes to understand steps, interdependencies, and applications used to complete business processes through current and future process flows.

• Parter with a seasoned RPA analyst to create documentation and project artifacts to document the PSA team’s development and deployment activities.

• Partner with the New York Automation Community of Practice leads to develop metrics to measure the success of our automation portfolio.

• Participate in our backlog/pipeline management process.

What we are looking for:

• An understanding of the fundamentals of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) development and how it can transform the way we work

• Ability to learn new systems and form an understanding of those systems, through independent research and working with a mentor and subject matter experts

• Someone who embraces the mindset of continuous improvement and delivery

• Someone who is curious, self-propelled and genuine

To Apply: Please include a resume and unofficial transcript.

Applications for our 2025 Sophomore program close on October 4th, 2024 at 11:59pm EST*. For a full breakdown of the recruitment timeline, visit our website. This is a paid internship. Please note, summer housing is not provided.

Salary Range: Your regular wages for the 8 weeks will be paid on a semi-monthly basis and will be calculated based on an annual salary of $65,600, less applicable taxes. We believe in transparency at the NY Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.

Our Touchstone Behaviors—Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership—help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more.

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or military service.

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at ny.leaves@ny.frb.org and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Temporary

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Job Category

Internship

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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