Finance Intern Review

Item: Finance Intern at Scotiabank
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Scotiabank

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.9 /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

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

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.

- Rotate between team: Financial Reporting, Business support, Accounts payable, Liquidity...
- Produce variance analysis and peer analysis
- Working on final presentation and deliver in the final week

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, everyone in the team is always willing to help and explain any issues. Tasks are also given within each rotation so better understand the scope of work

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?

Excel skills, communication skills and developed analysis skills

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

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

Sufficient, depends on whether you ask for it

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?

Friendly and open to talk, diverse workplace. You can always talk to directors/ people from other team quite easily

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?

5/5

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?

Really meaningful 10 weeks. There are many other interesting activities besides the working aspects, such as internship volunteering events, weekly speaker events, intern presentations...