Finance Placement Student Review
at Forvia
Placement (10 Months+)
Finance
Lichfield
Review Submitted: August 2021
Overall Rating
3.9 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
-Daily reporting of plant KPIs
-Daily analysis of self billed sales
-Management of SAP financial masterdata
-Financial reporting to shareholders
-Auditing of shopfloor activities
-Assisting of other departments in a financial capacity
-Daily analysis of self billed sales
-Management of SAP financial masterdata
-Financial reporting to shareholders
-Auditing of shopfloor activities
-Assisting of other departments in a financial capacity
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I think I progressively got more and more responsibility throughout the year. I was pleased with the level of responsibility I had in the end but wouldve hoped to have reached that level a bit earlier than I did.
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?
-Communication skills
-Confidence
-SAP
-Microsoft Office
-Understanding of financial processes
-Experience of a post-university career and a look at working in manufacturing
-Confidence
-SAP
-Microsoft Office
-Understanding of financial processes
-Experience of a post-university career and a look at working in manufacturing
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Working in a large plant and a large company there is a wide range of support from people within the plant and those in your function internationally too. I never felt embarrassed or scared to ask anyone about any questions and doubts so support was very good.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
As the year progressed everyone became more comfortable with eachother and the atmosphere was good in the work environment. There is a good blend of being efficient and not burning yourself out by having some social interactions.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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 definitely enjoyed the experience. A big part of enjoying the year was being apart of a large cohort of students and we all socialise together both in and out of work. This is essential as for a lot of people they are moving away from university/home to take this placement.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvia
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Forvia to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Forvia
Do some company research before and more importanly research each individual plant so you have an idea of what they all do as you are asked early on in the hiring process which plant you would like to prioritise.
