Finance Industrial Placement Review

Item: Finance Industrial Placement at BAE Systems
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at BAE Systems

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

Preston

Review Submitted: May 2026

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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.3/5 - Company Culture

2.5/5 - 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.

Project Accounting Role

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

High Level of responsibility within the team, worked within own projects as any other team member

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?

Corporate culture, teamworking, communication, working to tight deadlines, familiar with different accounting & ERP systems, excel development

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?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

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?

Placement manager for day to day queries/ personal and work related as well as early careers manager available for personal/ career development/ HR/ placement related questions

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very Busy in terms of workload, relaxed in terms of hours (clock own time, overtime hours can be taken off normal working weeks), hybrid working

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

2/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

3/5

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?

Takes few months to get used to work and is very challenging for a placement student, after 6 months get used to role fully, just like any other office job