Data Insights Intern

About IBFD

Established in 1938, the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), has steadily grown into the world’s foremost authority on cross-border taxation and a respected home to collect information about international taxation. Tax practitioners from all over the world rely on IBFD for high-quality and independent tax knowledge and research. As non-profit foundation, IBFD brings tax knowledge to the whole wide world, through publications, training research and data. IBFD is a hybrid organization, with activities in the field of publishing, training, government services and academia. Around 250 employees work in four offices on three continents, from 40 countries, with 700+ external authors and correspondents worldwide.

About Tech & Data

The Tech & Data department serves as the development hub for IBFD and is also responsible for service management, cloud services, and infrastructure. The department comprises approximately 25 full-time employees and external developers operating in near-shore and offshore arrangements.

The development teams develop and maintain IBFD’s Tax Research Platform, a proprietary portal for cross-border taxation expertise, as well as several document processing systems and publication workflows. The team is also maintaining and developing the website, web shop, and online learning modules. Development activities follow Agile methodologies and apply a service-oriented architecture. IBFD promotes a culture of DevOps and applications are being migrated to a Kubernetes cluster. The development team works in close collaboration with the Infrastructure & Service Management team, that is responsible for IBFD’s infrastructure and cloud services.

The Analytics & Data Platform team plays an important role in IBFD’s journey towards a data driven organization. The mission is to provide the organization with valuable actionable insights with data driven decision making. It is the vision is to empower the organization by delivering actionable data insights and establishing clear, scalable standards for data management using state of the art cloud technologies. The team consists of a Tech Lead, a Data Engineer, and Business Reporting Analysts.

About the Internship

Are you passionate about turning complex data into clear insights? Do you enjoy simplifying technical concepts and empowering others to work with data?

In this internship, you’ll help make our semantic models in Microsoft Fabric more accessible for self-service BI. Depending on your strengths and interests, your focus can lean more technical (modelling) or communicative (training and adoption).

We’re looking for a student who wants to:

• Simplify semantic models for usability by non-technical users
• Create a business-friendly data dictionary
• Design training materials (videos, manuals, cheat sheets)
• Execute training sessions
• Support users and gather feedback to improve adoption

You’ll play a key role in enabling data self-service across the organization and will also collaborate with colleagues from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, gaining exposure to a truly international work environment.

What You’ll Gain from This Internship

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric (an integrated data platform) and Power BI
• Practical skills in data modeling, DAX, and Power Query
• Learn how to translate technical data structures into user-friendly documentation and training materials
• Exposure to Agile development practices and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Enhanced analytical thinking and the ability to derive actionable insights from data

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s student (HBO/WO) in IT, Business Analytics, Communications, or a related field
• Affinity with data and a passion for making it understandable
• Strong communication skills and a proactive mindset
• Comfortable working with both technical and business audiences

What We Offer

• A meaningful internship with real impact
• The opportunity to work in an international, knowledge-driven organization
• Guidance from experienced BI professionals
• A collaborative team and space for your own ideas
• Hybrid working.
• Free office lunches from Monday to Thursday
• An internship allowance of EUR 500 (based on 37 hours)