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Manufacturing Finance Intern

Post Consumer Brands
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Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand

Looking to pursue an internship that can launch your career in your field of study? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in a growing, mission-driven, consumer-centric organization? Post Consumer Brands offers a robust 12-week summer immersive & transformative internship experience that will present you with a meaningful business problem to ideate and collaborate cross-functionally that will lead to you presenting recommended solution(s) to improve the business. Post Consumer Brands is unique as our core values & mission is at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey. 

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Responsibilities

Post Consumer Brands is looking for a transformational Finance Intern for a 12-week summer 2025 immersive internship experience.  This position will provide visibility into multiple functions including Finance and Manufacturing. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey and help us deliver our purpose of: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. 

 

Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey. To fully realize the value of diversity of talent, experience, strengths, and backgrounds each of us brings to Post Consumer Brands, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on these behaviors: 

  • Be open to new ideas 
  • Listen attentively as a partner 
  • Model collaboration 
  • Be accountable 
  • Respect all viewpoints 

 

JOB FUNCTION 

As a Financial Analyst Intern working with Post Consumer Brands’ Manufacturing Operations, you will help manage, report, and analyze financial data. Your work will support key decisions made by our Leadership Team. You’ll use this information to track performance, boost efficiency, and spot risks and opportunities that could impact our overall success. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with key partners in the plant teams. 

  

MAJOR JOB ACTIVITIES / DUTIES 

The Finance Intern may assist in a number of project and/or operations support roles in the finance department.  Assignments may include work such as: 

  • Gain knowledge Supply Chain objectives, strategies, and goals 
  • Learn to discover, interpret, and communicate meaningful patterns 
  • Leverage validated data to provide financial options to PCB leadership 
  • Optimize processes related to fiduciary responsibilities 
  • Pre and post ROI analytics 
  • Brand financial support 

  

Specific project and operational roles will be identified 30-60 days prior to the start of the internship, based on business need and intern interests. 

Qualifications

  • Candidates must be pursuing a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree or at an institution with an accredited program in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Business, or Operations Management graduating December 2025 or May 2026. 
  • We are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future 
  • Motivated, curious individual with a desire to learn, understand, and ask questions 
  • Ability to work independently and in teams 
  • Strong written and oral communication skills 
  • The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes initiative to identify areas of opportunity and take action 
  • A high level of competence in computer applications and the ability to use technology as a decision-support tool 
  • Ability to handle confidential information and use discretion within and outside of the organization 
  • Previous internship or work experience (preferred) 
  • Interest in the consumer packaged goods / manufacturing industry with the desire to start a career with Post Consumer Brands after graduation (preferred) 
  • We are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future 

  

Additional Program Information & Perks 

  • Offering competitive compensation 
  • Access to a dynamic internship event program including development, networking, & social activities 
  • Eligible for subsidized housing & $2,500 relocation stipend 
  • Cereal galore – enjoy a variety of cereal and oatmeal options in our break room, for free. Free milk, coffee, and conversation included as well. We promise you won’t be disappointed. 

 

Please note that this position will be posted until October 15th. Applications will be reviewed in the following weeks and candidates will receive a status update by October 31st.