Finance Fplacement Review

Working in the Finance Inventory team, ensuring stock levels were correct through stock investigations& resolving errors to ensure suppliers are paid correctly as well as ensuring part documents are posted correctly. Primarily these are done in Excel & Sap, but occasionally other applications are used. When it comes to the end of the month I had other specific tasks that needed to be completed such as pulling the scrap report & ensuring payments are scheduled correctly. I also assisted the team in producing the monthly vat return for Nissan UK and the Quarterly Vat return for Nissan GB, amongst smaller Vat related tasks.

Learned how to use SAP, and vastly improved my Excel and time management skills.

I was given quite a lot of responsibilities throughout my placement with me taking on more, the further I went thought the placement, but never felt like i was under too much pressure

I was given the correct amount of guidance on all my tasks, allowing me to know what I was doing but also improve my skills by trial and error. As for support I couldn't have been given more support both my manager and team were very helpful and were always available to help out.

The culture and atmosphere were quite laid back and chill with most people going for a coffee in the morning, so it didn't feel like you were just another number/ were micro-managed.

I really enjoyed my placement, it cemented my opinion that I would like to work in industry rather than work in practice.

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In the interviews and Assessment centres don't worry too much about getting the right answer as sometimes there isn't one, just make sure you put yourself forward and are enthusiastic but most importantly that your just being yourself. Furthermore, if your applying for a finance role, have a refresher with excel as you will use it daily.