Finance Intern (Controllership Networks) Review

Item: Finance Intern (Controllership Networks) at NBCUniversal
Rating: 4
Author: Anonymous

at NBCUniversal

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audit, Finance, Tax

London

Review Submitted: May 2026

Overall Rating

4 /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

4/5 - Skills Development

3/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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.

Assist with monthly and quarterly close reporting in addition to project work throughout the year. Includes ownership of the accounts payable process, preparing and consolidating data requests and balance sheet variance analysis to report results to the US, preparing journal entries for global programming, working with large data sets, and enhancing time management by working to tight deadlines when required. This role provides the opportunity to develop good relationships with various business units across EMEA, LATAM and APAC whilst working in a fast paced and ambitious finance team.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - includes lots of tasks to take on individually and responsibility gradually increases as you settle in over time

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?

Learnt a lot of business specific skills such as using the applications and systems NBCU use. Also developed general skills like teamwork and communication.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

Had a lot of guidance and a good 2-week handover from the previous intern. Lots of support from team members when needed as well

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

3/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

3/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Good - everyone was very friendly and welcoming, and there lots of ERGs you can join

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?

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 my placement because I learnt a lot and I was surrounded by lots of friendly and supportive people, including my team and the other interns.