Summer 2025 Mars Global Corporate Finance & IT Internal Audit Internship Experience

Job Description:

Here at Mars we work together for the world we want tomorrow, for people, pets and our planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates to help them be their best selves - we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate, the paths you choose, the relationships you build, and the opportunities you make, are all made by you. You have the freedom and ownership to create your own Mars career journey with tons of support and development along the way. We’re always seeking to transform today’s talent into the leaders of tomorrow – start your journey at Mars today.

Mars Global Corporate Finance & IT Internal Audit Internship Experience

As a Mars Global Corporate Finance & IT Internal Audit Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas:

• Join the Mars Global Internal Audit Team, helping to assess risk and problem solve.
• Jump right into the Global IT Audit Team and work closely with Internal Audit Managers to execute IT focused audits. As a private company, our work is more hands on than average.
• Lead with your digitization skills by wrangling data and interrogating it for the secret insights it holds.
• Help execute against audit project plans, perform controls testing, and look for gaps and patterns in risk and control data.
• Present your work and share knowledge within Internal Audit and the business though presentations and reports.
• Effectively communicate, both orally and in written form are essential. Your ability to problem-solve and deal with ambiguity will be imperative for success in this role. 
• The role provides opportunity to participate in operational and strategic IT audits and consulting projects across Mars Segments globally.
  
  

What are we looking for?

• We are looking for humble and hungry, agile students who have a drive for results, a desire to learn, and who can quickly build relationships 
• We are looking for students who are passionate about pets and/or confectionary products, research, innovation, and the consumer products industry 
• Eligible candidates will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date (typically rising seniors, or accounting students with a planned fifth year)  
• We have IT Internal Audit internship opportunities in the Chicago, IL
  
  

What can you expect from Mars?

• What can you expect from Mars?
• Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• The Mars Internship Experience is a 10–12-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real world business problems and opportunities.
• Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.
• Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.
• A hybrid work model that simultaneously celebrates the benefits of focusing remotely and the connection & co-creation that happens when we work together in person.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• Some of the perks you will receive are an industry competitive salary & benefits packages, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices.
  
  

About Mars:

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. Our Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 140,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.