Finance Analyst Review

Item: Finance Analyst at American Express
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at American Express

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2022

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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4/5 - 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.

Work with the team to understand what their role and the specific business area. Network and learn about peoples careers journeys. Work on my presentation that will be presented to a big audience at the end of my placement.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Not necessarily on the teams themselves but on my own project, I’m responsive for possibly receiving a graduate offer from my work

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?

Networking, excel, presenting, time management

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

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

I’ve received a lot of support from my team and also my assigned buddy. On understanding the briskness area and also collecting the data and how to present it. They’ve let me practise with them and given helpful feedback.

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?

It’s really friendly, everyone’s open to speaking with you and sharing their journeys.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

It’s been a great experience to experience the sector and learn about teams I did not know existed. the campus team also really made an effort with events and I loved the amex goody bags!