Investment Consultant internship Review
at Aon
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
Birmingham
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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Work from home or office
- Email fund managers client team for data
- Collate data into spreadsheets that produce quarterly reports
- write process notes on these processes
- Draft emails / letters to clients
- create slide decks for client meetings
- Learn stuff
- Coordinate the transfers of millions of pounds from one place to another, a simple concept but meticulous to implement
- Email fund managers client team for data
- Collate data into spreadsheets that produce quarterly reports
- write process notes on these processes
- Draft emails / letters to clients
- create slide decks for client meetings
- Learn stuff
- Coordinate the transfers of millions of pounds from one place to another, a simple concept but meticulous to implement
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Responsible for coordinating weekly team training sessions
Responsible for handling client data
Responsible for small parts of quarterly reports
No client exposure
Responsible for handling client data
Responsible for small parts of quarterly reports
No client exposure
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?
Excel wizardry
Audit processes (save your backing)
Presenting slides
Learning about financial assets and managing risk
Audit processes (save your backing)
Presenting slides
Learning about financial assets and managing risk
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?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
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?
Lots, lovely team. Always ask questions.
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?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Quite nice, everyone is friendly and real. Quite different between central HR and regional offices, a lot of the stuff HR focusses on is irrelevant in regional offices such as Business Resource Groups. Everyone works together however seems a common theme among graduates that they wont be there for long. Seem quite aware that Aon pays okay while you're doing qualifications such as CFA and gives lots of study days. However, beyond this pay seems quite low and static.
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 enjoyed, where the work may have been nothing to shout about the team more than made up. Great exposure to a variety of tasks and offers decent potential for future career progress.
This is not wolf of wall street finance, just real people wanting a decent work-life balance.
This is not wolf of wall street finance, just real people wanting a decent work-life balance.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Aon to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
Learn about what pensions are, this is a pensions job, google liability driven investment
