Marketing Finance and Revenue Finance Analyst Review

Really enjoyed it a placement, pushed me in the right areas that needed improving.

The team events each quarter that are funded by Intel, helped me build relationships with other colleagues. One quarter we carried out painting and decorating for the local community centre, and another quarter we went to Bristol on a Friday afternoon for lunch and treasure hunt.

I had weekly 1:1s with my manager to raise any issues or problems. Also had team meetings weekly to go through work stages. Also were assigned a 'buddy' to go to regarding anything.

Peaks and troughs in workload means on average, there is the right balance.

I was in charge of $1000s each quarter and was in charge of multiple large multinational corporation.

Presentation and preparation/analysis of data skills in particular will help in the future. I have presented in front of top managers at the UK site.

Everyone was very sociable and team lunches meant everyone spent time together however there were quite a few times when a lot of colleagues were out of office. As we are away from the rest of finance it can be very quiet which can be dull sometimes.

Generally, was very well set up and organised however there were times when we were 'expected' to be aware of Intel terminology and systems without introductions.

There is a lot of mandatory training within the first 3 months, though it does take a long time, it is very useful. The mixture of practical sessions and online sessions was beneficial in workload.

Although the placement was very enjoyable, I personally do not want to work with Intel after graduation as the work can be quite monotonous especially in my role. I enjoyed it as an internship.

There were about 50% of interns (about 30 people) who regularly socialised together which was very good otherwise the area would be very very dull. We did a wide range of social activities, celebrated birthdays, trips to cities, parks, Cheltenham Lido.

Swindon is a cheap town to live in compared to most and also because it isn't a city and doesn’t have a university here. Rent was very reasonable and food prices average. Socialising is also reasonable, much like the uni lifestyle.

A lot of the people that went out seemed to be underage. The 'older' part of town is more sophisticated but was too expensive.

There were soo many raffles and charity work that was on offer and reduced price tickets for events e.g. go karting, trips to london, thorpe park. Intel do a lot to involve everyone and celebrate as many occasions as possible.