Data Analytics Intern, Corporate Impact - MN

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. 

Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

 

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

 

At Xcel Energy, our employees are the driving force behind our success. So we make sure that, here, you can be your best. Doing work that makes a difference for neighbors and communities. Working with a team you can count on to push you. Expanding skills, staying ready for change, and capturing opportunities to grow. All with the support, rewards and recognition you need to thrive – during your internship and beyond.

The Xcel Energy Inclusion and Corporate Impact team plays a critical role in advancing business strategy through corporate social responsibility (CSR), fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and driving measurable community impact. By aligning social investments with enterprise priorities, the team delivers long-term value for employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Central to this work is the stewardship of the Xcel Energy Foundation, which serves as a strategic platform for corporate philanthropy, community investment, and stakeholder engagement. Through the Foundation, the team strengthens workforce pipelines, expands nonprofit and community partnerships, and increases employee engagement—positioning Xcel Energy as a purpose-driven organization committed to sustainable, equitable outcomes.

The team leads and evaluates a comprehensive portfolio that includes Business Resource Group (BRG) engagement, workforce development initiatives, employee giving, volunteerism, and community partnerships. Success is measured through defined metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), such as employee participation rates, grantmaking impact, nonprofit partnership outcomes, and community reach. These insights inform strategy, ensure accountability, and enhance the effectiveness of investments.

To support this work, the Corporate Impact team is seeking a college-level intern to support data-driven projects that advance employee giving, nonprofit partnerships, and community investment strategies. This paid internship is designed for a student with strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and an interest in corporate social responsibility. The intern will work with CSR data systems—including CyberGrants and Power BI—to support data management, reporting, and analysis of key metrics and KPIs related to employee engagement, grantmaking, and volunteerism. This role offers hands-on experience translating data into insights, supporting impact measurement, and helping inform strategic decision-making across the Foundation and Corporate Impact portfolio.

Typical intern responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Support foundation data collection and analysis aligned with strategic goals and performance requirements of the internal programs.
• Support development of data dashboard and consolidation of current data sources and inputs to manage, track and measure program's key performance indicators.
• Complete data entry, data management and metric reporting in the Foundation’s online portal, CyberGrants.
• Support implementation of successful annual workplace giving campaign including donor support, data entry, and input into the key performance.
• Support accounting and finance teams on audit and financial processes 
• Support employee giving programs which include but are not limited to giving campaigns, Dollars for Doing, matching gifts, volunteer paid time off, sponsorships and in-kind donations; help create process documents and job aids for these.
• Assist in monitoring and responding to emails and voicemails that come in on shared inboxes and hotlines.

This position is for an immediate start date. This position may have the possibility to extend beyond the internship’s initial term based on the candidate’s successful performance and Xcel Energy’s business needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Current student, Junior or higher
• Enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Data Science, Business Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility, or similar
• Able to work full-time during the summer (up to 40 hours a week)/ part time during the school year (up to 20 hours a week) and commuting to the designated work location in-person, per our hybrid work policy
• Experience with Excel Microsoft Office, Data management projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior volunteer or work experience in a professional office setting
• Demonstrated experience with Excel spreadsheets: data analysis, pivot tables and reporting 
• Management of data projects, identification of inputs with several stakeholders, ability to interpret requirements and define best-in class-solution
• Experience in data processing, identification of trends, generation of recommendations, and KPI measurement
• Successful candidates will have excellent attention to detail, be organized, and have good communication skills

 

 

Our culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.

Our Values

Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

Our Employee Commitments

• Work that makes a difference
• A team you can count of
• Opportunities to grow
• Rewards that help you thrive

 

Xcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form. 

Non-Bargaining

 

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $18.20 to $19.50 per hour

 

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays

 

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

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Deadline to Apply: 10/15/26

 

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