Internship - 2027 Undergraduate Finance Intern

About the role

The role of Undergraduate Finance Intern is intended to start in Summer 2027. 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.

Impact you’ll make

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. You will make an impact by addressing relevant business concerns through both individual and team-oriented projects. You will also participate in a highly developed new Finance Employee network, connecting you with numerous events and colleagues, and take 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.