Foundation Financial Analyst Review

by IBM

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Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Making sure all costs within Foundation are processed correctly. I also manage emails and meetings to make sure that all my Foundation Mangers have any details they need


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt a lot about Excel inculding the use of Pivot tables. This has lead to me saving the company over 10 hours a week of work. I have also learnt about design thinking. This is a new way to work on projects together.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given a lot of responsibility within my placement year. Having full control of all Foundation's Finances. However I also had a great support network that would help me if I needed anything


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Every step of the way I had people there to help with anything I needed. My task manager helped me see the strengths I had and how to apply them to my work.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Amazing. Everyone was really welcoming and supportive


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Very Much I have chosen to stay with the company and do an Apprenticeship


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Its only a year of your life so make sure you enjoy it!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking

South East

August 2022


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