Finance Intern - Financial Planning - Lincoln, NE

Intern

Part-time

Ameritas Agency and Advisor Distribution is seeking a Finance Intern with the aptitude and desire to learn more about the field of financial planning. This intern will play a crucial role in the sales process allowing our representatives to provide the best financial products to our customers.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

This internship will begin in May 2026. This is a hybrid role in Lincoln, NE working partially in-office and partially from home.

What you do

• Input information and data into financial planning software to create client plans.

• Update sales opportunities in Salesforce as they move through the sales cycle.

• Produce illustrations for life insurance and annuity cases for business, estate and retirement planning cases using a software tool called Life Design Analysis.

• Create quarterly team production reports.

• Provide general support to the Advanced Planning team.

What you bring

• Incoming junior studying finance, financial planning, or related business field preferred

• Enrolled in a college program, at least part-time as defined by your institution, for the entire duration of the internship

• Able to fulfill a long-term internship commitment (one to two years), working full-time in the summer and part-time during the school year

• FT includes 30-40 hours a week

• PT includes 15-20 hours a week

• A keen interest in sales, finance, insurance, and/or financial planning

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Naturally self-motivated and eager to take initiative

• Highly adaptable with the capability of learning new concepts quickly

• Ability to ask questions and write accurately about the business

• Strong relationship building skills

What we offer

• Our company motto is "Fulfilling Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future.
• Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers.
• We're committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities.

This internship is benefits ineligible.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

The pay range posted reflects a nationwide minimum to maximum covering all potential locations where the position may be filled. The final determination on pay for any position will be based on multiple factors including role, work location, skill set, and candidate level of experience to ensure pay equity within the organization.

Pay Range Pay Range

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The actual pay rate will depend on the person's qualifications and experience.

$13.33 - $26.67 / hour

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