Financial Controlling Student Review

by Forvia

Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    2.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • On  a day to day basis I will have control of delivery notes, recharges, bank reconciliation and debtors tracking. I also do Daily reporting and maintenance of departments KPI’s. I also work on the Indirect and Direct Temporary labor reconciliations which involves communicating with agencies and various other people in the plant.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I think that my confidence has improved massively, I also feel more comfortable speaking to a wide range of people at all levels. I am also able to spot problems and trends more easily so I would say my analytical skills are much better. I also feel more confident using ,Microsoft office especially excel.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Yes, I was given my own projects and tasks to work on this year. So yes there were times when I was often responsible for things. I do like that I had the opportunity to be autonomous.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Lots, I am very grateful that everyone in my team was supportive of my progress and never made me feel like any of my questions were silly questions. I also was able to pick up a wealth of knowledge from them.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • It is Okay. Throughout the year we had different events to bring us all together which was nice.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 1/5

  • 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?
  • I enjoyed a lot to be fair, I think i have definitely developed both personally and professionally. There were time that I was challenged which I am grateful for and I have developed and learned so many new skills that will be useful to me in my future.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvia
  • 2/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia
  • Just be yourself and ask abut what happens in the plant.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

South East

August 2022


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