Commercial Analyst Review

by Centrica

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Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Competitor Intelligence Analyst using Power BI, Excel and SQL to analyse key data and publish reports on this. I would collect pricing data, sort this and then create charts and graphs in Power BI to visualise this data.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt many new skills. Technical skills I have learnt and developed are in Power BI, Excel, SQL, Dax and PowerPoint. I have significantly developed skills in communication, presenting and collaboration. I have been involved in several different projects that require different attributes.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, I was responsible for creating, publishing and updating a key report on competitor information. This was used by many key stakeholders, especially by the pricing team who used the data for their price changes.

  • 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?

    • I received a good amount of support. I have support from my line manager, YII organisers and a designated mentor in the company.

  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Good, everyone I interacted with was very receptive to helping me and supporting me in any way. The culture was inclusive and supportive.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 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 my placement to a medium extent. There have been a lot of good times but as a lot of it was online there was some times where I was a bit isolated.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica

    • Enjoy it.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Science

East Midlands

May 2023

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