As a Summer Business Analyst Intern at Kearney, you will work alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people for 10 weeks and contribute to consulting project teams as we offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients. With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, put your purpose into action this summer and join us as we help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere - as a Kearney Original.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the success of projects by completing tasks such as gathering and analyzing data and conducting competitor assessment studies
- Support project workstreams and teams as you work alongside clients to create recommendations and implement co-created solutions
- Assist the firm’s business development through generating proposals
- Contribute to the development of thought leadership and other internal and external reports and articles
- Participate in firm building opportunities, e.g. recruiting, training, and mentoring
Who you are
After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections - between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people. That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who do not accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.
We want to hear from you if you are:
- Ready to share your ideas and contribute as soon as you join a team
- Analytically inclined and enjoy solving problems
- Able to prioritize and are a doer by nature
- Looking to kickstart your career in consulting
- In the penultimate year of your Undergraduate degree
- Fluent in English
Read more about how you can a make your mark, your way at Kearney.com/careers.
Practice Preferences
You are eligible to apply for the practices below. During your application, you will have the option to pick your ranking of the practices.
Communications, Media, and Technology (CMT): The telecommunications, media, and technology practice combines high-impact service offerings to boost the competitiveness of our clients, working with them along the entire value chain - from strategy, product development, customer interaction, and digital enablement to operations, procurement, large-scale cost programs, transformation, and supply chain.
Consumer Industry and Retail Practice (CIRP): Today's consumer industries retail market presents extraordinary opportunities for companies to transform their operations and gain unprecedented competitive advantage and market share.
Digital & Analytics (D&A): As technological shifts continue to disrupt industry, our clients face challenges that demand pragmatism, innovation, and a relentless focus on results. Our recently combined Digital and Analytics practice is uniquely positioned to address these challenges by helping clients think better, build better, and scale better. In doing so, we aim to become the leading digital, data, AI, and analytics firm for strategic operations, the trusted partner for CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs for their most important digital and technology-driven transformations, and the consultants of choice in an AI-enabled world.
Energy and Process Industry (EPI): Energy and Process Industries is a dynamic and growing practice that powers every industry and sector. We partner with practices across the firm to build compelling perspectives and offerings to our clients and work on cutting-edge projects that directly impact our way of life. Candidates with a strong interest or background in Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Metals & Mining, or SG/Sustainability should consider this role.
General Practice (GP): Our general practice allows our junior consultants to gain experience across industries and functions prior to selecting a practice alignment, which typically occurs by the senior associate or manager level.
Health & Life Sciences Practice: The health practice teams with companies across biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, distributors and pharmacies, payers ad providers, and consumer health to address their strategic and operational issues.
Mobility, Defense, and Advanced Industries (MDI): The automotive, aerospace and defense, transportation, travel, industrial products, and infrastructure practice integrates all the capabilities of the end-to-end mobility value chain. From innovative product design to complex engineering infrastructure, our industries represent the backbone of the global economy.
Private Equity & Principal Investors (PEPI): The PEPI team works collaboratively with organizations and private equity firms through the entire investment process - from supporting the deal flow, 100-day planning, and restructuring operations to building up assets, creating value, and exiting the deal.
Strategic Operations (SOP): Whether it's planning sourcing, production, or distribution, our SOP practice knows how to address difficult challenges in managing costs and services while applying the latest thinking on key support resources such as digital technologies, agile operating models, and change management along the way.
Strategy, Growth, & Organization Transformation (SGOT): The SGOT practice deals with a vast number of topics ranging from the structure of organizations, the processes they run, and how they engage their people, focusing on general and administrative (G&A) processes such as finance, accounting, and human resources.
Apply now
Submit your cover letter, CV, and academic transcripts (.doc or .pdf format only) via our website before: Friday, November 13, 2026 at 11:59PM ET
THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN FOR STUDENTS IN THE PENULTIMATE YEAR OF THEIR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT IVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 2027 SUMMER BUSINESS ANALYST INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR TORONTO OFFICE. ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD APPLY TO THIS KEARNEY JOB POSTING NO LATER THAN YOUR SCHOOL'S DROP DEADLINE.
Interview Process
Candidates will have virtual first-round interviews held on November 20, 2026. Final-round interviews will be held on November 27, 2026 in our Toronto office. If you are invited to first round interviews, you will receive a notice from a Kearney recruiter to schedule your interview.
The Summer Business Analyst base salary will be $4,076.92 CAD, paid on a bi-weekly basis, less required and authorized withholdings and deductions, payable in accordance with Kearney’s payroll practices. This position has been classified as exempt under applicable wage and hour law. Accordingly, you will not be eligible for overtime pay. Because this is a temporary internship position, you are not eligible to participate in Kearney’s employee benefit plans or programs, including health and welfare, retirement. You are eligible for sick leave, paid time off and relocation assistance, if applicable, as described separately. Kearney reviews compensation regularly and may adjust compensation from time to time to reflect market conditions and business needs.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination
Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That’s why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.
