Finance Controllership Intern Review

Item: Finance Controllership Intern at NBCUniversal
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at NBCUniversal

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

Central London

Review Submitted: May 2025

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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

A mix of accounts payable - accounts receivable - accounting , my day to day involves liaising with vendors ensuring they are set to be paid on time and that amounts are correct.
At Month end & quarter end I have certain accounting responsibilities.
Along with keeping an eye out for when payments are received so I can allocate correct accounting to them.
Also helping with providing backup for when the auditors started their audit

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes responsibility - however I was always monitored which I agree with, and that level of monitoring lessened and lessened as I progressed.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

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

Developed skills:
Commercial awareness
Communication
Time management
Digital Application efficiency (excel, SAP)

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?

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?

Plenty of support & guidance within the Universal International Studios team

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?

Superb until the end when there was an announcement that my team UIS Universal International Studios announced that 1-10% of staff were being let go around April time.
Besides this there was a real family feel among everyone within UIS.
The interns all bonded very well also with a large thanks to the early careers team (Nicky Badrick) in organizing many ice breaker events

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?

I enjoyed it 10/10 office location, teams, City, Office interior, activities both team & intern only were all amazing. The cool nature of the company made bottom of the barrel Intern activities enjoyable & interesting.
Note that is not a dig at having 'bottom of the barrel responsibilities' as this is natural for interns due to no accounting qualifications & lack of exposure to confidential information.