Strategic Operations Intern – Graduate – Wintersession 2026
Description
Strategic Operations Intern – Graduate – Wintersession 2026
Area of Talent: Strategy, Financial Statement Analysis, Regulatory Analysis
Position Type: Wintersession Internship
Office Location: NYC/Financial District
Hourly Rate: $20/hr
Position Type: Wintersession Internship
Office Location: NYC/Financial District
Hourly Rate: $20/hr
Note: If needed, HDC will fully support an intern’s application for credit or stipend from their school/university.
About HDC
The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) is a public benefit corporation and the nation’s largest municipal Housing Finance Agency. HDC seeks to increase the supply of multi-family housing, stimulate economic growth, and revitalize neighborhoods by financing the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low-, moderate-, and middle-income New Yorkers. HDC’s programs support the construction and preservation of multi-family affordable housing in New York City.
The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) is a public benefit corporation and the nation’s largest municipal Housing Finance Agency. HDC seeks to increase the supply of multi-family housing, stimulate economic growth, and revitalize neighborhoods by financing the creation and preservation of affordable housing for low-, moderate-, and middle-income New Yorkers. HDC’s programs support the construction and preservation of multi-family affordable housing in New York City.
Position Summary:
This internship offers graduate students a unique opportunity to apply financial and regulatory analysis skills to real-world affordable housing finance challenges over their winter break.
The intern will work on a project in one of two areas:
- Financial statement analysis: in-depth review of property-level financials
- Regulatory research: close reading and detailed analysis of regulatory texts
Candidates with strengths in either area are encouraged to apply. A background in both is not expected.
What you’ll gain:You will receive coaching and support on how to:
• Define challenging operational, financial, and policy problems
• Synthesize complex and unstructured quantitative and qualitative information to inform decision-making
• Collaborate in a cross-functional environment with professionals from different disciplines
• Communicate analysis and recommendations in time-constrained environments
The Strategic Operations Intern will support the Chief Strategy Officer’s team in the President’s Office and report to the VP for Strategic Operations. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across HDC to address high-impact strategic issues. Interns receive mentorship from team leadership and gain exposure to executive-level decision-making.
Recent projects or issues on which the team has worked include: an evaluation of a legacy middle-income affordable housing program, development of proposals to streamline the moving of formerly homeless households into permanent affordable housing, crafting successful recommendations to reduce federal administrative barriers in the lease-up process, structuring a new equity-enhancing loan guarantee with an external financial institution, and investigating solutions to rising insurance costs in multifamily affordable housing.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities, depending on the project, could include:
- Financial statement analysis of properties and samples of properties, leveraging both digitized and PDF records, to uncover and document trends driving revenue, cost, and balance sheet trends
- Analysis of contractual agreements, regulations, and statute to identify unrecognized opportunities
Application Deadline
- Apply early — applications reviewed on a rolling basis. The final deadline for submission is Tuesday, December 17th.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be pursuing a graduate-level degree in any field of study
- Professional experience or coursework in financial asset management, equity/debt research, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A), as well as either excellent Excel skills or advanced proficiency in at least one analytics framework (e.g., R, Python, Stata, SAS); OR
- Professional experience or coursework in legislative and regulatory drafting or other dense, text-heavy analysis
It is strongly preferred that you submit a cover letter with your resume. You may also fax your resume and cover letter to (212) 227-6816.
HDC is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
HDC is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, HDC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please complete the reasonable accommodations section on the application or contact Human Resources by emailing [email protected].