Summer Associate Internship (Asset Risk Assessment (ARA) Program)

Overview

The Asset Risk Assessment (ARA) program discovers, identifies, and reports on NFCU's overall IT Business Application risk posture to improve risk awareness and prioritize strategic risk management efforts. The output of the ARA is a certified and approved application attribute data values and an Inherent Risk Tiering / Rating of high, moderate, or low. The ARA program is a 2nd Line of Defense at Navy Federal Credit Union specializing in oversight, guidance, and challenge to the first line (operational business units) to ensure effective risk management and compliance with policies and regulations.

The Summer Associate will provide professional execution of day-to-day tasks and special projects while working within established program guidelines. The Summer Associate will help drive the ARA socialization results at scale and help ensure collaboration with Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) partners, Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) partners, Business Unit Risk Officers, NFCU asset Business and IT owners / delegates.

Potential projects include :

• Compiling the generation of not only risk prioritization, reporting and dashboards, but also high value attribute data population
• Conduct assessments for net new Navy Federal applications and analyze quality gates and checkpoints
• Analyze data, and utilize presentation skills to design and develop Business Unit awareness, reports and dashboards

The Summer Associate Program is a 12-week internship program beginning in May 2026 and ending in August 2026. Students will work on impactful projects and meaningful work during their internship. To qualify, applicants must be currently pursuing a degree from an accredited college or university and have an anticipated graduation date of December 2026 or after.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Hours : Monday - Friday 8 : 00AM - 4 : 30PM

Location : Remote | 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5550 Heritage Oaks Dr Pensacola, FL 32526 | 141 Security Dr. Winchester, VA 22602

About Us

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Equal Employment Opportunity : All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected Veteran.

Disclaimers : Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher / lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team's discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position

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