Finance Intern Review
by Unite Students
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Unite Students
- 7. Would you recommend Unite Students to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unite Students
Overview
On a day to day basis, I occasionally shadow multiple teams within the finance department such as the cash analyst team or treasury, learning and drawing on their experience of their roles and what is needed to be successful in their field. I carry out monthly invoices, line allocation and reconciliations linked to all of our properties. I also carry out credit checks on our customer accounts and liaise with our debt collection agency.
Skills
- I've become more proficient with excel, learnt useful shortcut and formulas that can be applied to multiple financial scenarios. -Invoice Processing -Proficiency over key database software, such as oracle. -Auditing - How to communicate and liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
I was occupied with a lot of tasks and projects for the duration of my internship, which was beneficial as it emulated real life situations and problems that allowed me to understand what it is really like to work within in a corporate environment.
Support & Guidance
I was pretty much supported and guided for the duration of internship, i had weekly 1-1 reviews with my line manager where we discussed progress, things I was comfortable and uncomfortable and any opportunity of growth that might have piqued my interest.
Culture
Inclusivity and diversity is a major aspect of Unite Student culture, making sure everyone feels comfortable and confident within their work environment, where they are allowed to be themselves without the fear of being looked down on.
Your Impressions
My Internship was extremely insightful and if I ever got the chance to do a placement year or a full time position at Unite Student, I would gladly accept it without thinking twice.
Yes
I would say to be very open minded, be yourself and don't let past failures stop you from progressing forward. Unite Student is a very accommodating company, staff career development is taken quite seriously so don't be afraid to ask questions. And have fun, reasonably of course.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Financial Management
South West
July 2024
