Finance Placement Student Review
by Forvia
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvia
- 7. Would you recommend Forvia to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia
Overview
-Daily reporting of plant KPIs -Daily analysis of self billed sales -Management of SAP financial masterdata -Financial reporting to shareholders -Auditing of shopfloor activities -Assisting of other departments in a financial capacity
Skills
-Communication skills -Confidence -SAP -Microsoft Office -Understanding of financial processes -Experience of a post-university career and a look at working in manufacturing
Responsibilities
I think I progressively got more and more responsibility throughout the year. I was pleased with the level of responsibility I had in the end but wouldve hoped to have reached that level a bit earlier than I did.
Support & Guidance
Working in a large plant and a large company there is a wide range of support from people within the plant and those in your function internationally too. I never felt embarrassed or scared to ask anyone about any questions and doubts so support was very good.
Culture
As the year progressed everyone became more comfortable with eachother and the atmosphere was good in the work environment. There is a good blend of being efficient and not burning yourself out by having some social interactions.
Your Impressions
I definitely enjoyed the experience. A big part of enjoying the year was being apart of a large cohort of students and we all socialise together both in and out of work. This is essential as for a lot of people they are moving away from university/home to take this placement.
Yes
Do some company research before and more importanly research each individual plant so you have an idea of what they all do as you are asked early on in the hiring process which plant you would like to prioritise.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Financial Management
West Midlands
August 2021
