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Required to carry out adhoc tasks. Was also given a number of different projects that spanned over the financial division I was part off (with tight deadlines.) Had daily meetings with the team, and catch ups with my manager and buddy most days. Team was...
We were put into a team with interns from different streams to work on building recommendations on a set business question, ours was centred around British Gas. Kept in regular contact with grad support and stakeholder for constant feedback and suggestion...
Working on a project based upon a given problem statement. Working with a team of fellow interns with guidance from stakeholders. The project included producing a report on our given topic, before providing an in-depth presentation to employees across the...
Due to Covid-19, the bulk of the internship was based around collaborating in a group to deliver a group project on a complex business problem. This involved collaborating with team members from different summer placement streams, namely commercial market...
Quite self-lead throughout the project. We had a daily catch-up with the team and twice weekly with our graduate support to set the agenda for that day, whether that was researching or writing the report, each day differed.
Having meetings and interviews with Stakeholders and team members and then conducting research and doing analysis in order to produce a report which provides recommendations based on a problem statement
To be proactive in contacting external suppliers and colleagues within the company to enhance the quality of the work produced. To learn about the company, the markets it works in and the internal resources it has. To work closely with your team in deli...
I was given responsibility for 3 discrete tasks during my internship : Working on Interims, completing the weekly performance report and improving the Centrica Model used by my team. We would have daily team catch ups to discuss what everyone is working ...
- Online internship so the internship was adapted. - Worked in groups of interns (mix of analysts, marketing & business management) with different problem statements proposed to the groups - Worked on these projects for 5 weeks before delivering our ...
Given a project with other interns, mostly left to it. Had to set up meetings with people in the business and source data before writing a report and doing a presentation at the end. Also had Microsoft an Python training sessions, and other talks
Mostly working on the group project which allowed you to interact with a range of roles from the different Centrica brands and gain a real understanding of the business. We also had different sessions organised for us covering different commercial marketi...
We were given a group project at the start to work on with other interns. This was a problem question on how an area of the business could be improved/changed. We then spent the next 6 weeks researching, proposing findings and evaluating these findings by...
BAU tasks such as reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and streamlining processes to increase efficiency within my team. Identifying opex costs to allocate to the correct division, investigating the NZC process to set up a new division to allocate cost...
Worked in FP&A. Carried out weekly tasks which included weekly and monthly deliverables. Had great exposure so was able to speak to lots of people about the business and learn a lot.
The task given during the 7-week placement was to investigate long-duration energy storage and write a report presenting the recommendations for the most suitable for Centrica to invest in. Day-to-day involved meeting with various colleagues at Centrica, ...
Working with a team on a project given to us in week 1 regarding a real business question/problem
Our internship was mostly project-based with useful talks inserted into the week. The project based work ensured you didn't feel isolated in the work from home experience. I believe this worked effectively, as I met people from across the internship as we...
Every morning started with a teams meeting with my line manager. Then there was usually at least one other 'summer placement' teams call, this could be a presentation on company projects to mental health or personal development sessions. The rest of the t...
On a day-to-day basis, the experience consists of project-related meetings (on Teams), as well as a multitude of interesting sessions such as catch-up (with the buddy/manager/team), learning (usually a specific topic), mental health, inclusion, social, e...
With the internship being held virtually, no experience was lost since much of the company already works in this way. Working 9-5 on a project I really cared about with experts in the field really helped me develop my skills throughout the internship. I c...
