Group Financial Accounting and Reporting Analyst Review

by Centrica

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Rating

3.7/5
  • Skills
    3.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Helped with month end deliverables and interim results. Posted journals. Balance sheet analysis. Headed projects to improve file efficiency. Tracked and reviewed business unit submissions. Data integrity checks on files.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Accounting skills. Teamwork. Computer skills: teams, outlook, BPC, etc. Communication skills. Presentational skills. Analysis skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 2/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, headed up my own processes and projects. Although hard to get properly involved with the accounting as haven't done qualification.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot of support and guidance, everyone was always happy to help. A lot of support from grads and senior members of team. Manager was amazing.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Great atmosphere, everyone was so nice and welcoming.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Working with other interns an grads. Working in interims. Charity challenge with interns. Social finance events.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Research the company. Great culture but social limitations as based in Windsor. Ask grads they have the best advice.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting

London

August 2022


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