MBA Summer Associate 2026 - Global Corporate Finance

MBA Summer Associate - Global Corporate Finance

The 10-week summer program creates the opportunity for a graduate associate to partner with leadership to execute the company's short- and long-term transformation initiatives. These initiatives are defined during the annual strategic planning process and help drive growth, improve operating efficiency, enhance cash conversion, and reduce costs across the global GPC organization. To support this effort, we are looking for a Summer Associate to lead a strategic project in partnership with business leaders in Finance, including Digital Transformation, Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Payroll, etc.

A strong candidate will have working experience with finance business processes and the desire to learn about next generation technology. Foundational skills include communication, business analysis, problem-solving, cross-team coordination, project management, finance / business processes, and change management.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead cross-functional global interactions with executive leaders, departments, and operational business units.
• Analyze financial data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement to help inform GPC value creation and strategic priorities.
• Identify potential risks associated with finance transformation initiatives and propose mitigation strategies.
• Research industry best practices and benchmark against GPC's internal processes.
• Recommend improvements based on best practices and industry standards.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Encourages new ideas, processes, and approaches.

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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.