Global Operations Summer Internship

Job Description

About the Company

Wells Fargo is seeking talent to join the Global Operations team under the Chief Operating Office (COO) organization for a 2026 summer internship.

Job Description

This is a 2026 Summer Internship opportunity within Wells Fargo’s Global Operations team. The Global Operations Early Talent Program encompasses a variety of unique pathways to learn and gain meaningful work experience while growing your expertise. At Wells Fargo, we are committed to a strong business infrastructure to manage and transform the business and provide a valuable client experience.

The internship is a professional development program providing participants with a 10-week overview of Wells Fargo and a high-level understanding of the company’s operations, business strategies, and corporate culture. The internship experience includes relationship building, relevant work assignments, coaching, performance feedback sessions, and informative learning sessions with key leaders.

Business Areas You Might Work In:

• Wholesale Operations: Supports corporate clients’ financial needs globally by managing financial transactions for businesses, institutions, and wealth management clients.
• Shared Services Operations (SSO): Delivers core operational functions across Wells Fargo, utilizing a continuous improvement approach.
• Consumer Lending Operations: Provides operational, account servicing, and contact center services to customers with personal loan, auto loan, home mortgage, credit card, or merchant services products.
• Consumer, Small & Business Banking Operations: Supports CSBB customers with customer servicing, ATM management, cash vaults, print solutions, estate care, and retail banking processes.
• Payments Operations: Encompasses a broad range of services, including Wires Operations, Automated Clearing House (ACH), Instant Payments, Lockbox Services, Network Management, International Payments, and Payment Services Operations.
• Fraud and Claims Management: Develops and provides secure, reliable, scalable, and customer-friendly prevention, investigation and claims services that protect customers and Wells Fargo from fraud losses.
• Global Operations Strategy and Transformation: Delivers centralized support and strategic planning to Global Operations, enabling an integrated operating model.
• Global Operations Data, Analytics, and Reporting (DAR): Develops and integrates data, analytics, and reporting plans for the lines of business within Global Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in formal early talent program and workshop initiatives.
• Review various assignments to become familiar with policies and procedures for which answers can be quickly obtained, related to low-to-medium risk tasks and deliverables.
• Receive direction from managers and exercise independent judgment while developing understanding of requirements for the supported area.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Take part in a range of team projects, tasks, and activities to expose you to various Wells Fargo businesses, supporting execution of strategic priorities and reporting.
• Work in various Microsoft products to create communication, gather data and story tell on outcomes, and organize priorities.
• Develop partnerships, consulting, regulatory focus, risk assessment, data analytics, and other key competencies through classroom and on-the-job training.
• Engage in experiential learning on fundamentals of financial services.
• Contribute to process improvement, process enhancement, process mapping, automation and operational efficiency programs and projects.
• Partner alongside various Operations teams on daily functions and responsibilities.
• Take part in non-business-related stretch assignments, i.e., DE&I, employee engagement, community service, etc.
• Maintain contact with leaders at all levels of the organization including senior management, team members, individual contributors, and/or vendors.
• Create presentations, and visuals to assist with documenting business requirements.
• Complete assigned projects / tasks and prepare for relevant industry certifications as part of professional development.

Ideal Candidates Should Possess:

• Ability to be a self-starter who proactively takes initiative, remains curious and has a genuine interest in learning and growth.
• Leadership skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to take on responsibility and accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate regular feedback, coaching, and mentoring during your program
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in dynamic environments.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to solve complex technical problems.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative culture in both a face-to-face and virtual environment.
• A customer-oriented focus.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of work experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree candidate with an expected graduation in December 2026 – May/June 2027
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite of products
• Knowledge and/or experience in the financial services industry
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in manipulating data and reporting, data visualization, and/or data insights
• BA/BS degree with an interest in any of the following: Business Administration, Business Intelligence, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Technology, Communication, Accounting, Mathematics, Analytics, Physics, Political Science, Pre-law, Government, Policy and Management, Computer Science, Management and Risk Management or related business field
• Data analytics, including experience in SQL, PowerBI, JIRA, SharePoint, and/or Tableau
• Experience in Agile methodology

Program Dates: Summer 2026

Program Locations:

• Charlotte, NC
• Minneapolis, MN
• Phoenix, AZ
• St. Louis, MO
• Des Moines, IA
• Dallas, TX

Pay Range:

$18.00 – $65.00 (Note: Pay may vary depending on factors including achievements, skills, experience, or work location.)