Financial Planning Department - Internship Program

What is the Financial Planning Department?

The Financial Planning Department partners with financial advisors within our Northwestern Mutual agency, providing high quality financial planning support.

About our internship program:

• Seeking college students entering their sophomore to senior year
• Preferred areas of study: finance, analytics, accounting, economics or business
• Paid internship opportunity starting this summer
• Flexible schedule during the semester
• Position is NOT client facing
• Main responsibility: creating financial plans for advisors
• Gain valuable professional experience in the financial planning field!

Hear from our former interns!

Jack Schneider, CFP, ChFC, CPA

• Associate Wealth Management Advisor, Phase Financial
• FPD Intern, 2019-2020
• Education: Saint Louis University, MAcc, 2022; Beta Alpha Psi
• “This internship program gave me great insight into skills that I am using in my own life to make sure I am being financially prudent as a young adult. I now work in the financial services industry and credit my experience in the FPD as the first step into learning what career I wanted to dive deeper into.”

Clay Feldman, CFA

• Director of Operations, Gatewood Wealth
• FPD Intern, 2017-2018
• Education: Saint Louis University, BA Finance, 2019; Beta Gamma Sigma
• “The financial planning department internship was my introduction to the finance world, and it set a really solid foundation for my career in finance. I would not be where I am today without the opportunity, mentorship, and experience provided by the internship.”

Sam Meysenburg

• Financial Service Advisor with Nicole Holland-Hong, Northwestern Mutual
• FPD Intern, 2023-2025
• Education: Saint Louis University, BA Finance & Human Resources, 2025
• “Professionally, this internship was a game-changer. The experience and connections I built here directly led me to landing my current job. Having this internship gave me a huge advantage because I could talk about real cases I worked on and show I wasn’t just another Finance major with textbook knowledge. It definitely helped set me up for the next step in my career.”

Will Cunningham, RICP

• Product Sales Support Consultant, Northwestern Mutual
• FPD Intern, 2021-2022
• Education: Saint Louis University, BA Entrepreneurship, 2022
• “Personally, the internship was a pivotal experience that served as a springboard for my professional career. It allowed me to grow, develop, and network with many individuals, leading to discussions about future career opportunities within the department and Northwestern Mutual as a whole. I began my professional journey in the Planning Department and continued my development through work before transitioning to a high performing advisor’s team.”