Corporate FP&A Intern

<div class="content-intro"><p>Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. &nbsp;We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.&nbsp;</p></div><h2>We want people who are passionate high performing team players who can take new challenges and go the extra mile.</h2> <p>This internship offers a front-row seat to the financial and operational mechanics of a global, remote-first technology organization, allowing you to help shape how we invest in our most valuable asset—our people. By bridging the gap between workforce data systems and financial strategy, the work you do here will directly optimize our corporate planning ecosystem and lay the groundwork for a highly impactful career.</p> <p><strong>The Role:</strong> We are looking for an analytical, detail-oriented data enthusiast to support our data integration and forecasting pipelines. Reporting to the FP&amp;A / Workforce Planning Manager, you will be a key player in ensuring data integrity, tracking resource allocations, and delivering actionable insights to stakeholders across the company.</p> <h2><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Support monthly, quarterly, and annual workforce planning activities</strong>, including budgeting and forecasting of payroll and employee-related expenses, in order to deliver highly accurate operational spending baselines for corporate leadership.</li> <li><strong>Maintain the employee roster and position planning data models</strong> used for financial forecasting in order to provide corporate stakeholders with a dependable and structured headcount baseline.</li> <li><strong>Assist in analyzing budget-to-actual variances</strong> related to salaries, bonuses, benefits, equity compensation, and other workforce expenses in order to protect fiscal health and identify systemic spending trends.</li> <li><strong>Monitor, maintain, and validate data integrations between Workday and Adaptive Planning</strong> in order to safeguard data quality, resolve system exceptions, and ensure forecasting precision across internal systems.</li> <li><strong>Perform data quality audits and structural reconciliations</strong> of employee, organizational, and compensation records in order to eliminate reporting discrepancies and guarantee platform integrity.</li> <li><strong>Create and maintain reports, dashboards, and data m