Undergraduate Finance Intern
The role of Undergraduate Finance Intern is intended to start in Summer 2027
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
An internship is a temporary position within 3M. Interns typically work a full-time schedule throughout a 10-12 week assignment. This position is limited to working 899 hours per service credit year.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.
The Impact You'll Make in this Role
As a Finance Intern, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- Addressing relevant business concerns through both individual and team-oriented projects
- Participating in a highly developed new Finance Employee network, connecting you with numerous events and colleagues
- Taking advantage of initial and ongoing training opportunities and exposure to senior leadership through informational interviews, social events, and a formal presentation
- 3M Finance intern assignments can occur in any of the functional areas within our Finance organization; interns will work on projects that represent real challenges faced by 3M and mirror the work of our full-time team members
Example Assignment Areas include
- Business Finance Counsel: Assigned responsibility for a business segment, product line, plant, or staff organization to provide business counsel, analysis and financial recommendations.
- Internal Audit: Assigned to one or more audit teams to perform audits in specific organizations or audit process improvement projects.
- Business Accounting: Assigned projects to improve global financial accounting processes or assigned responsibility for a process or business segment to provide accurate, efficient and timely financial reporting, analysis and participate in process standardization.
- Treasury: Specific projects to assess and make recommendations on investment or risk management strategies.
- Plant Analyst: Assigned projects to analyze a given improvement opportunity that would either create, standardize or optimize processes or reporting for US plant financial support.
- Finance Automation and Analytics: Apply programming skills and advanced statistical modeling techniques to data to deliver insights into major finance questions and problems.
- Other: Assignments in Tax or Corporate Accounting.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree, from an accredited institution
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, mathematics, economics, business, information systems or a related field from an accredited institution
- Completed a minimum of sophomore year (4 semesters) by the start of the internship
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- Demonstrate high ethical standards and leadership abilities.
- Demonstrate interpersonal, communication, and team skills
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Work Location
This Role has an on-site working model, with the employee working at least four (4) days a week in the office at 3M Center, located in Maplewood, MN.
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.
Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.
Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.
3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.
