Financial accounts associate Review
at Samsung Electronics
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting
Chertsey
Review Submitted: June 2024
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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Key Objectives:
• To play an intergral role within both the internal & external company audits
• To take ownership of specific shared costs for the company and develop a more efficient process for their computation and allocation
Key Responsibilities:
• Management of deliverables for quarterly and annual external audits
• Internal audit preparation and involvement including fixed assets
• Production of monthly / quarterly computations to allocate shared costs across the business
• Preparation of resulting “posting templates” for SEUK’s outsourced AP team
• Balance sheet reconciliations and clear down
• Preparation of monthly WEEE [Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment] declaration for submission in line with the EU directive
• Communication with head office and local business operations to fulfil compliance work
• Impact assessment of changes or updates in Accounting Standards
• Opportunity for cross-training and development within the Financial Accounting Team
• To play an intergral role within both the internal & external company audits
• To take ownership of specific shared costs for the company and develop a more efficient process for their computation and allocation
Key Responsibilities:
• Management of deliverables for quarterly and annual external audits
• Internal audit preparation and involvement including fixed assets
• Production of monthly / quarterly computations to allocate shared costs across the business
• Preparation of resulting “posting templates” for SEUK’s outsourced AP team
• Balance sheet reconciliations and clear down
• Preparation of monthly WEEE [Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment] declaration for submission in line with the EU directive
• Communication with head office and local business operations to fulfil compliance work
• Impact assessment of changes or updates in Accounting Standards
• Opportunity for cross-training and development within the Financial Accounting Team
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I was given real world responsibilities that affected the day to day of the business
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?
Key Competencies & characteristics
Essential Hard Skills:
• Undertaking a degree in Accounting or similar
• Ideally exposure to SAP or equivalent accounting software
• Strong academics – strong degree
• Proficient MS Office user
Essential Soft skills
• High Attention to detail
• Proactive approach
• Highly organised
• Team player
• Hard working
• Enthusiastic
• Flexible
• Good communicator and relationship builder
• Strong integrity and ethical behaviour
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to grasp new concepts easily and apply these to their daily work
Essential Hard Skills:
• Undertaking a degree in Accounting or similar
• Ideally exposure to SAP or equivalent accounting software
• Strong academics – strong degree
• Proficient MS Office user
Essential Soft skills
• High Attention to detail
• Proactive approach
• Highly organised
• Team player
• Hard working
• Enthusiastic
• Flexible
• Good communicator and relationship builder
• Strong integrity and ethical behaviour
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to grasp new concepts easily and apply these to their daily work
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?
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Emerging talent team were always available and felt like I was able to turn to them
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?
Very casual, fast paced. Some departments get preferential treatment
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
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?
8/10
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Samsung Electronics
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
Makes you very employable for the future
