Accident Damage Management Programmes Coordinator and Finance Support Review

In the accident damage management role I was responsible for managing the inbox, any marketing material orders through the online shop, managing the list of bodyshops on the national websites and helping my team with Adhoc tasks. In the finance role, I had far more responsibility, from calculating the monthly commission to be paid to the investors, managing our van fleet list, processing invoices, managing the inbox and inputting the networks operations costs.

Some basic level excel, i.e. pivot tables, using graphs and visual aids. How to put together a professional slide deck to present to heads of business. Team work, presentation and communication skills have been developed throughout my year. Industry specific, I've learnt lots about how TPS works at a high level and the challenges that come with a national sized project.

In my finance role I was given a large amount of responsibility, since if the invoices I was responsible for weren't processed on time, the investors wouldn't get their money and consequently the staff potentially wouldn't get paid either, so this was a largely responsible task.

In my first role in paint and body, I felt maybe I didn't get the level of support I needed from my line manager since he worked remotely for the majority of the week. We did put in 30 minuets of time each week to talk through any issues, but since I moved to the finance role I had far more support, I had daily meetings with my new manager and was able to see her all the time in the office, I think this was a big part as to why I enjoyed the second role much more.

In general, the company culture was good, we had an open floor plan, and I felt that I could approach anyone for help. In our team however we did have a large number of highly experienced members of staff leave, meaning alot of knowledge has left and therefore the team feel more stressed.

Very much so, I have had some great opportunities, I went to Germany, Wolfsburg to visit the factory. And we had many team engagement days which were great and the work itself was rewarding.

Yes

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