Finance Placement Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I handle a lot of Ad-Hoc requests, answering questions on Business cases, solving data hygiene issues. My main monthly responsibility is reporting on Innovations for my category, seeing which are performing well and getting the drivers behind this


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed my excel skills significantly, I have also learnt how to utilise PowerBI. I have also been learning the P&L even though it isn't part of my role.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

  • 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, I joined new projects, one involving Net-Zero costing. I feel like I was given more responsibility that other placement students, I really owned Innovations for my category.


  • 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?
  • I was given constant support during my placement, both workwise and mental health wise. My manager would answer any questions I had, the same can be said about my team as well.


  • 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?
  • The company culture was amazing, I was fortunate enough to join the social committee and organise many events, most recently being a charity football match where we raised £14k for charity. Everyone is very friendly here and the atmosphere is very relaxed.


  • 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?
  • 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 loved my placement, I cannot recommend it enough, Unilever is a fantastic company.


  • 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 Unilever
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • Apply! When applying really focus on how you have impacted sustainability in your life, also learn about Unilever's many products and some new products they have released at the moment


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Financial Management

London

June 2023


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