Finance Placement Review

Running financial reports and presenting to management. Keeping track of engine costs and sales. Communicating with risk teams for high risk customers. Running expenses reports to run budget holder meetings with different business support functions. Getting involved with any Intern projects you have. Performing monthly closing tasks for the different finance functions. Ensuring you manage your time to meet deadlines.

During the placement year you will become proficient in Microsoft excel, enhancing your current skills or being trained up from scratch. You will be trained on internal financial systems. You will come out having gained invaluable communication skills. How to communicate effectively with international customers in a fast paced business environment. Increase your knowledge with financial statements. You will learn how to breakdown large amounts of financial data and put it into a simplistic view to present to different management teams.

You are given massive responsibility during your placement. Coming into the role I thought it would be more a university style of work. Meaning that I would be learning for most of the placement and doing presentations about different projects with the other Interns. The first month you are trained up on the systems and your tasks, which after the first month or two you control the files and meetings yourself. Support is there if needed, but the tasks are solely your responsibility.

You receive a lot of support during your placement whether it be from management within your department or other functions, general GE employees, the early career teams offering guidance and training courses. There is no limit to the support on offer for placement students throughout their time with GE Aerospace.

GE Aerospace has a real family culture. Everyone welcomes you in to the business from all functions. whether it be going to grab a coffee with fellow employees or having a cake morning one morning of the week, you will feel a real family culture during your time.

I have really enjoyed my time within the Finance team at GE Aerospace, Caledonian. I will remember everyone who has helped me throughout my time and will be staying in touch with the friends I have made during the last year. I would highly recommend a placement to anyone with GE Aerospace and you will come out of the placement being changed for the better ready to tackle the next step in your professional career.

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Learn about lean before your interviews. This is a massive focus for the company currently and will be going forward. When starting the placement don't be scared to get stuck in with any projects that are going on and know that everyone is approachable to ask questions.