2025 Summer Intern: Corporate Audit

Overview

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to leaders on the frontline, we’re excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place.

Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you’re invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these products—which are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day.

A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where everyone’s invited. Here, you can dare to be yourself. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you can influence the people around you and the world at large. By showing up, you’ll have the opportunity learn, develop, and grow our unique skill sets at work. Our supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact.

Join us. Dare for Better.

Responsibilities

ABOUT CORPORATE AUDIT

Be a part of a global team that enables extensive exposure across our PepsiCo businesses and functions! PepsiCo Corporate Audit is a unique team within our enterprise. We have developed a holistic internal control framework that enables our management teams to deliver governance leadership and maintain our standing as a company of operational excellence.

Corporate Audit operates at the heart of our business success by providing objective insights into today’s risks and tomorrow’s challenges. While our auditors are located in various geographies, we are a team of global associates which audit our PepsiCo businesses and functions around the world. Corporate Audit offers a developmental opportunity that extends well beyond the traditional boundaries of the function, providing a well-rounded perspective of Finance, IT and the business. Be a part of a global team that enables extensive exposure across our PepsiCo businesses and functions!

As a Corporate Audit Apprentice, you will:

• Learn how to use the PepsiCo internal control framework to identify risk and the assess the effectiveness of risk-mitigating activities
• Engage in process walkthroughs facilitated by the Business to gain exposure to the Business and processes being audited
• Leverage data and analytics to support risk identification and identify insights that add value to the Business
• Support the identification of financial, operational, routine and non-routine risks, as well as the risk-mitigating activities relating to the risks
• Perform controls testing of assigned areas of the audit (can include Financial Reporting and/or IT General Controls (ITGCs))
• Identify and share out control testing deficiencies with the Audit Team for root cause analysis, risk remediation recommendations and for alignment with key business stakeholders
• Support operational, compliance, financial and IT audits to identify risks and control breakdowns that may impact the integrity of reported financial information and/or the achievement of business objectives
• Share knowledge to ensure the ongoing success of the team
  
  

Compensation & Benefits:

• The expected compensation hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2025 campus intern openings is $36.78 - $54.00/hour.
• Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process when determining actual starting salary for positions.
• Hourly pay for our campus hires is pre-determined and non-negotiable.
• We love to convert our interns to full time opportunities! Our full-time positions have a comprehensive benefits package that include:
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement. In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
  
  

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Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Currently pursuing one of the following degrees with graduation date within two years of internship completion:
• Master’s degree in Accounting or Professional Program in Accounting (PPA/4+1)
• Master’s degree in Management of Information Systems (MIS) or 4+1
• Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)
• Intent to complete one or more of the following audit certifications upon graduation:
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Institute of Internal Auditors Certified Internal Auditor (IIA CIA)
• ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  
  

Minimum Qualifications - Each candidate should demonstrate:

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Strong people and communication skills to manage information gathering
• Strong organization skills
• Ability to work within a team environment
• Ability to interact with varying levels of individuals (front line to management)
• Ability to build relationships, manage conflict and embrace change
• Ability to build trust with business partners
• Glean insights from data and drive action based on those insights
• Flexibility in leveraging different approaches to analyzing problems
• Ability to integrate disparate sources of information
• Hold a GPA of 2.75 and above
  
  

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.

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