Newcastle Building Society

During my time on placement at Newcastle Building society I have had a range of responsibilities. Originally I spent time with multiple teams including the Service Desk and Colleague Device team where I learnt a lot about the organizational structure and...

Creating MI reports.

My title was Software Development Student Placement, however, the role was within the Software QA department as an Automation Test Engineer, I was responsible for writing and performing tests against various solutions that my team was responsible for (mai...

No day is the same.

Managing, building statistical models. Providing analytical support for business propositions.

On a day to day basis, I work on different projects that require me to engage with stakeholders, manage project documentation and facilitate meetings.

providing support to the team and managers on statistics and reports. identifying efficiencies and areas that need additional support

I gather insight and listen to customers thoughts and opinions. I also look at insight produced by external agencies and summarise this for the business.

Completing Ad-Hoc data analysis pieces to support business proposals from both a business and risk perspective.

I am a software engineer, I program, maintain and otherwise am involved in the upkeep of various projects linked to Newcastle Building Society/Newcastle Strategic Solutions. I work in an Agile Sprint format with fortnightly sprints

Producing reports Administration Phone calls Filing

Carry out customer transactions on the tills, answering queries and providing relevant information about the Society's products & services. Attend to customer correspondence via telephone and email. Book appointments, tend to account openings, admin, deal...

Typically, my role involves dealing with matters relating to our members - data protection, corporate governance, property, mortgages and savings. Similarly, my role involves marking up and reviewing commercial contracts. Sometimes, I lead client meetings...

With my apprenticeship I am able to work with a range of different teams in the Risk Function, allowing me to gain a more in depth knowledge of Compliance and Risk. It has been a good experience and allowed me to develop my understanding of this field.

My role entails me looking at data about our mortgage products and deriving insights that can help answer business questions, forecast and/or give recommendations based on my findings.

My role consists of usual admin throughout the day keeping up with projects I'm involved in. In addition to this I have a varied amount of calls surrounding different projects I'm on, these calls can consist of anywhere from information gathering to docum...

General day-to-day admin, engaging with internal and external stakeholders and clients, booking meetings, recording and producing minutes for governances.

phone calls admin duties offline duties such as post sorting out cheques