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Cummins

Capital Analyst Review

at Cummins

Placement (10 Months+)

Finance

Huddersfield

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

2.9 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role
2.8/5 - Skills Development
1.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
1.5/5 - Overall Experience
1/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Standard day-to-day process of chasing teams to record finance actuals, completing ad-hoc requests, analysing spend data, supporting the capital manager
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Given a reasonable amount of responsibility to publish the weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial capital spend status to directors and VPs of the business.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
developed my powerbi, excel, problem solving, analysis skills.
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?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
2/5
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?
After the 2-month handover period was completed, there was limted support and guidance throughout my placement year. It was self-guided but this wasn't a benefit and ended up being a limitation of my placement year.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
1/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture and atmosphere was good with all employees being friendly and happy to help, lots of volunteering and events to get involved with
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
It was ok, i had some challenging times and some decent times. I wouldn't stay for another year.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
1/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
1/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
If you live near an office its a great opportunity for you with a chance of progression
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