Foundation Finance Analyst Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Human Resources
Winchester
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.4 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
I montitor the a task ID answering queries and dealing with queries in a timely manner. I also raise, chase and track POs and EPATs making sure that external clients are paid promtly and correctly for their services/products. Another major part of my day to day is preparing for month end opertations. At month end I am responsible for ensuring successful nil out of Foundation Accounts
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I believe throughout the year I was given a huge amount of responisbility, which at times coud be very stressful. However I found that my team, task manager and foundation manager were incredibly supportive and were happy to help whenever needed even if it was just to double check something
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Throughout my year at IBM I believe a range of my skills have improved significantly. My confidence has increased massively, my excell skills have drastically improved and my problem solving skills have also improved. I've also learnt how to comunicate in corporate/business environments and network with both interns and people higher up.
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?
4/5
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?
I recieved quite a lot of support and guidance throughout my placement. I found that my team and managers were always happy to help. I had weekly meetings with my managers to discuss any quieries or issues I may have that week as well as ocassional meeting to discuss how im doing and reflect. Wider in IBM i found people were also rather supportive
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?
I really liked the general atmosphere at IBM. This is probably mainly due to the large amount of Interns and other early proffesionals that IBM hires. There was a large range of communities for early proffesionals that you could join which made networking with other early proffesionals a lot eaier. In additon to this i found everyone was happy to help you out which was really nice
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thougroughly enjoyed my internship, one reason for this is i got to work within a team largly made up of early professionals which was fantastic from a social aspect. I also had supportive managers which helped reduced stress greatly, solve problems and help me enjoy the internship to the fullest
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Make sure to sell yourself to the best of your ability, don't be modest. Prepare for your interview, doing some reasarch about IBM and its projects may help. Try to answer questions enthusiastically and truthfully. Try to stand out, be creative and memorable (only for the right reasons tho)
