Business Intelligence Intern

Clients are mostly family-owned manufacturers and distributors in Alberta. Our founder spent 20 years running plants before starting the firm in 2001. Every new hire gets a mentor outside their reporting line.

Overview

Cottonyard Partners needs a data analytics intern to build reports and dashboards for the Business Intelligence team. We are headquartered in Calgary and have been hiring remotely since 2020. You will intern remotely with our team in Calgary. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

Day to day

• Create charts and short slide decks for the monthly review call.
• Join a weekly call with the analytics lead to review your work.
• Answer ad hoc data requests from sales and support within a day or two.
• Check numbers across sources and flag mismatches before reports go out.
• Analyse funnel drop-offs and summarise findings in a one-page note.
• Track marketing campaign results using Google Analytics 4 data.
• Document metric definitions so everyone calculates churn and conversion the same way.
• Build and update dashboards in Power BI, Tableau or Looker Studio.

What we're looking for

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• 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 2028.
• Some familiarity with Power BI or Tableau, even from a course or certification.
• A sample dashboard or analysis project you can share.
• Clear written English for reports and status updates.
• Comfort with numbers and strong attention to detail.

Preferred

• Python with pandas for data cleaning.

What you'll learn

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

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $29.50 to $30.00 per hour

Perks

• Home office setup stipend.
• Paid company holidays.
• Learning and development stipend.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cottonyard Partners Inc..