Commercial Analyst Review

Item: Commercial Analyst at Centrica
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Centrica

Internship (1 Month+)

Market Research

Windsor

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 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

3/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Read daily news on energy market and competitors and upload to sharepoint. Worked closely with two other members in my team and I had a manager. I had two projects which I focussed on, looking at competitor's financial reports and renewable products where I used excel. Weekly we also produce a newsletter which I worked with members of my team.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, with my projects I was set a brief and then I was able to carry them out independently for a few weeks till I began to struggle with the task and came into some issues. I then worked with another member of my team.

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?

Developed my excel skills a lot more through online courses which the company promoted. Worked well with time management and independence as well which was important working from home a lot of the time. Communication was also very important both written for the newsletter and verbally within my team. I would have liked to develop my technical skills more which some analysts did using PowerBI potentially and my presentation skills.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

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?

There is so much support throughout the company for the interns. Firstly the early careers team who were there to support me when I had a couple of issues with my manager. The early careers team go above and beyond for us all. You are also appointed a buddy in the same stream and we organised bi-weekly catch ups. We also have two general team managers who are there for guidance and support.

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

1/5

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?

Very welcoming, supportive and flexible for your needs. The early careers team genuinely care about that and that is shown across the wider business when reaching out to other employees.