Finance Placement Student Review

by Gymshark

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I spend a lot of time processing invoices, answering queries via email, creating reports in excel. My main responsibility are corporate cards for AP, and the Travel Codes for management accounting


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed my finance knowledge including knowledge of accounting principles and how large corporations work improved my presentation skills Improved my excel skills improved my soft skills such as collaborating with other people, and how to approach difficult situations.


  • 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?
  • They give me a lot of responsibility, however if I need help they are always happy to support so the responsibility does not feel overwhelming


  • 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?
  • They provide us with lots of support and guidance


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The culture within Gymshark is very positive, the employees are generally very young so theres lots of people to interact with and this makes being in the office more enjoyable as you can create friendships with you colleagues


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I have really enjoyed myself on this placement and would recommend it to anyone


  • 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 Gymshark
  • 2/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Gymshark
  • Get involved in as much as possible, whether this be with your work or whatever is going on within the business


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

West Midlands

June 2024


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