Process Improvement Intern - Summer 2025

Consumers Credit Union (CCU) is one of the largest, fastest growing credit unions in Illinois! Every year we look for a diverse group of hardworking students to join our IGNITE Intern Program. What does IGNITE mean to us and what can you expect? Interns Growing, Networking, and Innovating through Transformational Experiences.

We hire college students because we believe in fresh ideas. These are not paper pushing, copy making internships. We provide real work experience to our Interns. During the Program you will interact with and get exposure to multiple departments and leaders throughout the Credit Union. You'll learn firsthand why we are a certified Great Place to Work and experience our awesome team atmosphere by working with other Interns on projects, volunteering in the community, and participating in events and educational sessions.

Our intent is to create a future career path for students who have an interest in the financial services industry. IGNITE is designed to expose you to a variety of opportunities while fostering growth and learning.

We are seeking students that are interested in a Summer 2025 internship supporting the Process Improvement team. The Process Improvement Intern will report to the Director of Process Improvement and will help support the growth of our established Test Automation framework. Test automation involves running tests automatically, managing test data, and using the results to enhance system and software quality.

This internship falls under the technology area and the intern will help the Process Improvement team further develop our Test Automation capabilities by collaborating closely with our Business Analysts (BA) team and vendors to:

• Assist in Customer Relationship Managment (CRM) system regression test suite creation
• Convert the existing loan operating system test scripts into Test Automations
• Create an automation test plan for other platforms
• Create, enhance, debug and run test cases for the core banking system and other platforms
• Organize and monitor the defect management process, handle changes and conduct regression testing
• Coordinate and may lead cross functional testing conversations with subject matter experts, test team, and business analysts
• Communicate status, metrics, and issues on a regular basis throughout the internship

Requirements for the Process Improvement internship

• Currently attending an accredited college or university.
• Rising juniors and seniors working toward a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Development, Computer Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related major. Rising sophomores may be considered.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Ability to work 32 hours per week for the summer (generally 8:00-5:00 Monday-Thursday) for the duration of the 12-week program (5/27/2025 - 8/14/2025). The schedule will involve onsite days based in Lake Forest, IL. Local candidates only.
• Proficient with Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the wider Microsoft Office suite including email, calendaring, and instant messaging.
  
  
  
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving, critical thinking, and strong mathematical skills.
• Detail oriented, strong visual inspection skills, able to produce accurate work.
• Ability to work independently after receiving work direction. Good time management skills.
• Basic understanding of Quality Assurance life cycle, methodologies and best practices.
• Basic knowledge in test case management and bug tracking
• Programming, coding or development experience is a plus!
• Experience with any of the following is a plus! Structured Query Language (SQL); Robotic Process Automation; Azure Dev Ops Pipeline; Agile/Scrum environment.
• We are seeking diversity in all dimensions! Ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, work experience, volunteer experience and more!

Check out more info about the IGNITE Program on our careers site and apply soon. Go to: Internship Opportunities

Compensation and Benefits

Budgeted amount for starting hourly rate: $19.50

Consumers Credit Union provides eligible employees an opportunity to participate in our medical (High Deductible, HMO and PPO), dental, vision, spending accounts, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and other plans effective date of hire. The internship is a seasonal part time position and is not eligible for most benefits.

For more information about benefit offerings, please visit our careers page: https://www.myconsumers.org/about/what-we-do/careers

About CCU

Founded in 1930 and headquartered in Lake Forest, IL, Consumers Credit Union (CCU) has $4 billion in assets and serves more than 220,000 members, making it one of the largest credit unions in the state. CCU believes that nobody needs banks on every corner, but everyone needs people who are in their corner. To learn more, visit myconsumers.org

Equal Opportunity Employer

CCU complies with the requirements and spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity in employment. There will be no discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, genetic information, military status (including unfavorable discharge from the military), criminal or arrest history (unless job related), crime victim status, or any other protected characteristic in the recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination, or any other employment actions or term and condition of employment. CCU complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which CCU has facilities.

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact our Human Resources team at: HR_Dept@myconsumers.org or 877-275-2228.