Finance Industrial Placement Review
at BAE Systems
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting
Warton
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
3.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Helping line manager with day to day tasks, like processing journals and running actual cost reports. Attending meetings with members of the project team. A few monthly tasks like providing comments for the balance sheet, and reconciling the monthly actual costs across the different systems.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given monthly jobs to complete on my own. And the odd query that I would have to go away and try to figure out.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed communication skills, meeting and talking to people from the wider business on a day-to-day basis and at Finance events. Learnt a lot about BAE systems and what it would be like to work there.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
My line manager was great. Also the finance early careers department were great. I had a mentor who I didn’t speak to much, and a buddy who left the business a few months after I started. There was always someone to ask if I needed guidance on anything.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Everyone was really friendly and lovely to work with. I think because I was only there for a year it was hard to fully integrate into the team, especially when we only went into the office 2 times a week. But that worked well for me as I had a 1 hour commute into work.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I learnt a lot and got a lot out of my placement year. The job specific training could be better, and sometimes there wasn’t a lot to do because my manager was busy and I couldn’t really do much on my own. It was very useful in deciding what I want to do after university, and the application process definitely helps with this too. Overall I enjoyed the year.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
BAE systems is a great company to work for with lots of benefits and lovely people. Depending on where you work the work can be exciting and busy. Research the company well and their values.
