Finance Planning Analyst Review

Item: Finance Planning Analyst at IBM
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking

Portsmouth

Review Submitted: June 2021

Overall Rating

4.6 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Working for the IBM CFO's UKI Finance team. Dealing with unassigned revenue/costs each month, running weekly revenue forecast reports for IBM UKI clients and understanding WtW changes along with being involved with Intern finance recruitment. On top of this, participating in Ad hoc tasks such as organising the All Hands meeting for Quarterly results, running occasional EPM reports for the team and the Christmas meal as well as various give back opportunities.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, a lot of the work/reporting I did was used/shown to senior members of UKI Finance. I had to run meetings with over 150 attendees and lead meetings with senior finance members.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Excel/Accounting
Presenting
Financial Charts
Communicating with Senior Stakeholders
Communicating with eminence
Innovation

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

A great amount of support & guidance, my task manager was incredibly supportive and encouraged me to grow/develop my skills & eminence. Foundation team were also very supportive and made every effort to be available for interns in their support, they were also very encouraging in celebrating your success.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Fantastic, the majority of IBM staff, regardless of how senior, are very approachable, affable and supportive. The company culture at IBM is inclusive and collaborative. One of the nicest cultures/atmospheres of any company out there I believe.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed the placement a huge amount, staff were supportive/approachable and had my career development in focus. The periphery opportunities at IBM eg. learning and global networking are fantastic, I have met with people I didn't think would be possible as an intern. The work I do for my team is complex and rewarding, my colleagues and line manager demonstrated the results my work made on a regular basis also.