Post Holdings

Accounting Intern (Summer 2027)

Post Holdings  •  $25/hr  •  Lakeville, MN (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Brand: ['Post Consumer Brands']

Categories: Intern

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Intern

Req ID: 31923


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. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. 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 or Facebook for the latest news.


Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, 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

Launch Your Accounting Career at Post Consumer Brands


Interested in accounting, financial reporting, data analysis, or process improvement? Join Post Consumer Brands as an Accounting Intern for a 13-week summer experience designed to provide meaningful work, professional development, and hands-on exposure to the consumer-packaged goods industry.


As an Accounting Intern, you'll work alongside finance professionals to support the financial processes that help drive business decisions across the organization. You'll gain exposure to accounting, treasury, financial reporting, and business operations while building skills that prepare you for a future career in accounting or finance.


What You'll Do


Depending on business needs and your interests, you may have opportunities to:

  • Support financial reporting and accounting activities that help business leaders make informed decisions.
  • Research accounting topics and assist with implementing accounting standards.
  • Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends and insights.
  • Create reports and dashboards that improve visibility into key financial information.
  • Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve team efficiency.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to solve business challenges.

Potential Project Opportunities:

  • Researching and applying accounting guidance to real business situations.
  • Building tools and reports that support financial reporting processes.
  • Enhancing data analysis capabilities for the accounting team.
  • Streamlining repetitive processes through automation.

Specific projects and assignments will be determined before the internship based on business needs and intern interests.

Why Intern at Post?

  • Work on projects that have a real business impact.
  • Participate in professional development, networking, and social events.
  • Build relationships with leaders, mentors, and fellow interns.
  • Present your work and recommendations to business leaders.
  • Gain experience that can help launch a future career with Post Consumer Brands.


Qualifications

What We're Looking For

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
  • Expected graduation between December 2027 and August 2028.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with others.
  • Curious, motivated, and eager to learn in a business environment.
  • Interest in accounting, finance, and the consumer-packaged goods industry, with a desire to explore career opportunities with Post Consumer Brands after graduation.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.

Preferred

  • Previous internship, leadership, work, research, or project experience.
  • Experience with Excel, data analysis, or financial systems.

Internship Perks

  • Competitive pay and a starting bonus
  • Professional development, networking, and social events
  • Exposure to leaders across the organization
  • Free cereal, oatmeal, coffee, milk, and snacks

Past interns have partnered directly with finance leaders, contributed to projects that improved business processes, and gained valuable experience supporting key business decisions.

Compensation for this role is $25.00 per hour.

This role will be posted until October 4, 2026.

Post Holdings

About Post Holdings

Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories.

Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, Pebbles™, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand.

As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands.

Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
St Louis, Missouri
Year Founded
Unknown
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