IT Audit Intern - Summer 2026

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Wacker, IL, USA
In-Office
22-36 Hourly
Internship
Financial Services
The Role
Assist with IT audits and special reviews, developing skepticism to assess risks, executing internal audits, and documenting results. Build business knowledge and collaborate with teams on control recommendations.
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CME Group is currently looking for a Global Assurance IT Audit Summer Intern.
This candidate will assist Global Assurance on day-to-day activities in support of IT Audits. The candidate will assist with executing internal audits and special reviews to provide assurance regarding the existence and effectiveness of financial, operational, compliance, and technology-related internal controls.  The candidate will develop professional skepticism and obtain knowledge of the business to understand processes to identify and assess risk. The candidate will participate in interviews with our business partners and document results of tests. The candidate will present the results of testing with the team to draw conclusions on the overall level of risk within the scope area, the root cause, and potential solutions to reduce the risk.
Principal Accountabilities:

  • Create accurate, logical and detailed workpapers clearly describing the work performed, results of testing and conclusions reached. 

  • Maintain positive and collaborative business relationships with GA's clients (auditees) to support effective and efficient audit execution.

  • Execute audits to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and verify compliance with corporate policies and procedures.

  • Partner with more senior members of the GA team to provide recommendations to management for strengthening controls and work with management to develop acceptable solutions to mitigate risk.

  • Build knowledge of the CME's operations, including policies and procedures and any applicable regulatory requirements.

  • Incorporate data analytics and Generative AI tools to enhance audit assurance and streamline documentation.

Skills / Software Requirements:

  • Basic experience with Google Workspace applications.

  • Experience with data analytics, including visualization and scripting tools (e.g., Tableau, QlikView, Business Objects, SQL, or Python) is a plus.

Education:

  • Currently pursuing a BA/BS or Masters/Advanced Degree.

  • Desired majors include Information Systems, Computer Science, or Accounting.

Other Requirements:

  • Hybrid Schedule - able to come into the CME Group Chicago Office office.

  • Able to work 40 hours per week.

Sponsorship Qualifications:

  • Please note that our company is unable to provide employment sponsorship for this position and can only consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship assistance (CPT, H1B, F1, L etc.).

#EarlyCareers

CME Group is committed to offering a competitive pay package for our employee interns. The pay range typically applicable to our intern roles is $21.68--$36.10. Actual pay offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education, location of the internship, and the internship area of focus. Through our benefits program, we offer our employee interns the opportunity to participate in select offerings. This includes our comprehensive health coverage and a mental health benefit.

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

At CME Group, we embrace our employees' unique experiences and skills to ensure that everyone’s perspectives are acknowledged and valued. As an equal-opportunity employer, we consider all potential employees without regard to any protected characteristic.

Important Notice: Recruitment fraud is on the rise, with scammers using misleading promises of job offers and interviews to solicit money and personal information from job seekers. CME Group adheres to established procedures designed to maintain trust, confidence and security throughout our recruitment process. Learn more here.

Top Skills

Business Objects
Google Workspace
Python
Qlikview
SQL
Tableau
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
3,291 Employees

What We Do

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.

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