Job Description

Our Company: We care about helping people. Our purpose is to provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. Our associates feel a sense of belonging in an inclusive place with an amazing history and a sharp focus on our future. Our connected culture is who we are and how we work together to achieve our strategies, accelerate our transformation, and achieve extraordinary results. It’s an exciting time to be a part of H&R Block! What you'll do...:

H&R Block, the world’s leader in tax preparation services, is looking for exceptional Finance, Economics, and Data Analytic students to join our Embark 2026 Summer Internship Program. This 11-week paid internship offers meaningful, real-world experience that aligns with your field of study while making a valuable impact on our organization.

 

The Embark 2026 Summer Internship runs from May 18, 2026 – July 31, 2026.

 

You’ll work at our corporate headquarters in the heart of downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District, where you’re just steps, or a streetcar ride, away from incredible restaurants, entertainment, and city energy. Inside our building, you’ll have access to amenities that make work-life balance easy, including an onsite Starbucks, a company dining hall with plenty of options, a free fitness center, and free parking!

 

Program Highlights:

• $25/hour compensation
• Paid PTO during H&R Block’s annual Reboot Week (June 29 – July 3)
• Housing stipend provided for students whose permanent address is more than 50 miles from the KC metro

 

Day to day, you'll...

 

The Fintech Strategy Intern will contribute to key strategic initiatives within H&R Block’s Financial Services line of business. This role offers exposure to product strategy, financial services innovation, and decision-making at the leadership level. The intern will be embedded within the Financial Services product team and will collaborate closely with product managers supporting Spruce, H&R Block’s emerging financial health platform (sprucemoney.com).

 

Throughout the 11-week internship, under the guidance of a leader, some of the internship responsibilities will include:

• Conduct research and analysis to inform strategic decisions for the Financial Services business.
• Gather and synthesize competitive, market, and customer insights related to fintech, digital banking, and consumer financial health.
• Support evaluation and documentation of strategic options and recommendations for leadership review.
• Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional partners to assess new opportunities, features, or partnerships for the Spruce platform.
• Prepare clear, concise materials summarizing findings, business implications, and recommended next steps.
• Participate in discussions with product and business leaders to understand real-world decision frameworks and trade-offs.
• Interns will be provided with significant guidance and mentoring but will also be encouraged to work independently.

 

Throughout the 11-week internship, as a part of the Embark program, interns will also participate in workshops and events that align with the program's four pillars:

 

Professional Development : includes the basics for a professional role, everything from using Microsoft Office to setting up a Teams meeting and giving a presentation.

Giveback : involves participating in Make Every Block Better community service events. The goal is to teach the importance of community, make an impact, and provide bonding time for teams.

Networking : entails meeting various executives with offices at H&R Block’s headquarters, having lunch with directors and vice presidents, spending time with a mentor and getting to know people beyond their assigned department.

Connected Culture : is meant to be fun and teach the importance of working hard and playing hard. H&R Block might take the interns to a Kansas City Royals game or facilitate other competitions meant to be fun or instill teamwork.

 

This information is posted pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act to provide Colorado applicants with information about what they might be eligible to receive. Individual pay decisions will depend on job-related factors such as experience, education, skill, performance, and geographic location where work will be performed.

 

Successful candidates may be able to participate in one or more incentive compensation or short-term incentive plans, which could generate additional earnings in accordance with the terms of each plan.

 

For best considerations, please submit your materials by 10/17/2025.

What you'll bring to the team...:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Seeking to obtain a degree in Finance, Economics, Data Analytics or some similar discipline with a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Strong analytical, research and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize complex information and communicate clearly with diverse audiences.
• Curiosity about fintech, product management, and strategy development.
• Comfort working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team and independently
• Highly motivated, organized, reliable, and detail-oriented

Work Experience:

• No previous work experience necessary.

It would be even better if you also had...:

• Capacity to navigate and quickly learn financial programs and systems (e.g. Workday, Adaptive, TeamMate, PowerBi, Adobe, Microsoft Excel, and/or Looker).

Why work for us: Since 1955, we have been leaders in tax preparation, financial services, and small business solutions. With 70,000 associates and 9,000 retail tax locations across North America, Australia, Ireland, and India, we have helped millions of clients and countless communities. If you embrace challenges as opportunities, value winning as a team, and seek to make a meaningful difference, join us on our journey. You’ll reap the rewards of helping others along with competitive compensation and benefits to support your health and well-being.

Specific benefits may vary based on your role. For detailed eligibility requirements and benefits information, visit blockbenefits.com .

Equal Opportunity Employer : H&R Block does not tolerate discrimination based on a person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, age, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and sex-based stereotypes and transgender status), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, service in the Armed Forces, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status or any other status protected by law.

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