Description

Why Grande?

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses That Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. If you want to learn more about our company – what we do and how we go about it – or learn more about our beautiful, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters, visit www.grande.com.

Job Summary:

The Internal Controls Department is seeking a dynamic, current college student to fulfill our summer internship program in 2025. Interns in our area, have completed individual audit projects including financial, operations and compliance audits. This responsibility includes performing internal audit procedures, presenting audit results, and assisting with the preparation of audit reports reflecting the work performed. Interns in this role can expect to further their learning in the fundamentals of auditing, including risk assessment, audit planning, and testing procedures in addition to collaboration, customer focus, independent and team-centered work, professionalism, attention to detail, time management and much more.

Unique Benefits of our Internship Program:

• You will get the farm to fork experience during this program. You will experience a farm tour, facility tours, and experience the end user products.

• Networking events where you will meet executives and community leaders.

• Internship group outings and events.

• Volunteer opportunities within the community.

• Personal development events and training.

While you don’t have to love pizza to work here…it sure does help!

What you need to be considered for the role:

• Student in Junior or Senior level working towards a Bachelor's degree in Finance and/or Accounting from an accredited school.

• Basic knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Standards, financial analysis concepts, budgeting, and financial reporting.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of Associates.

• The ability to:

• Prioritize and execute multiple projects simultaneously with efficiency.

• Solve problems, collect data, establish facts, use sound judgment and draw valid conclusions to make effective decisions.

• Identify internal control issues and/or continuous improvement ideas as well as assist with the process of developing solutions.

• Valid driver’s license to travel to various plant locations in Wisconsin.

• Participative involvement in campus organizations, non-class related volunteer involvement, off-campus employment and demonstrated leadership preferred.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• High School Diploma or better

• Some college or better in Accounting & Finance