Business Analyst Intern

About us

Started by a former school district network admin in 1997, the business has grown almost entirely through referrals. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

About the role

Saltdale IT needs a data analytics intern to build reports and dashboards for the Business Intelligence team. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Day to day

• Create charts and short slide decks for the monthly review call.
• Maintain the data dictionary and keep dashboard filters up to date.
• Analyse funnel drop-offs and summarise findings in a one-page note.
• Build and update dashboards in Power BI, Tableau or Looker Studio.
• Write SQL queries to pull sales, order and customer data from PostgreSQL or BigQuery.
• Document metric definitions so everyone calculates churn and conversion the same way.
• Check numbers across sources and flag mismatches before reports go out.

Who can apply

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 20 to 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
• Pursuing a degree in Statistics, Economics, Commerce, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, graduating in 2027.
• A sample dashboard or analysis project you can share.
• Some familiarity with Power BI or Tableau, even from a course or certification.

Bonus points

• Experience with Google Analytics 4 or Mixpanel.
• Knowledge of basic statistics such as medians, percentiles and correlation.

What you'll learn

• You will build at least one dashboard that managers use every week.
• Presenting numbers in a way non-technical people can act on.
• How business metrics like CAC, churn and retention are actually calculated.
• Top interns are considered for a junior analyst opening.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $29.50 - $38.50 per hour

What we offer

• Paid sick time.
• Home office setup stipend.
• Flexible hours.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Saltdale IT.