Treasury Intern Review

Thoroughly enjoyed my time with the company, lots of responsibility, plenty of benefits and schemes to become involved in and a fantastic group of people.

Was very lucky to be placed in an amazing small team of which I instantly felt welcome.

Support from my manager couldn't have been better during my time at L'Oreal. Weekly team and individual catch ups helped me address any issues and discuss plans going forward. I was always encouraged to push

This varied greatly over the month and year, due to the nature of finance there were certain times over month/quarter end where the workload was massive and there were tight deadlines to work to. But aside from that, for the majority of days the workload was fairly constant.

My placement has been more like a full time role - after a few weeks of handover and training nearly all of my daily tasks and projects were essential to the team but left solely to me, with help given whenever needed. I found this level of trust and responsibility massively beneficial in helping me grow in terms of confidence and ability.

My placement has given me a good grounding in Finance and has allowed me to further develop transferable skills and practice with industry specific software (whether it be everyday Outlook and Excel to more specialized software such as SAP). This biggest thing for me is the confidence gained in the workplace that can be taken forward into future jobs, and is the sort of thing you can only gain with spending time in the industry.

Great team atmosphere in the Wales office, although sometimes very quiet. Everyone was very friendly and supportive, which made living away from home far easier.

The company have a good structure for recruiting and looking after interns on placement. I had several problems initially with trying to get my contract and some other documents through, however this is probably due to stretched resources rather than a problem with the set up. I feel the scheme is catered mainly for those in head office ( which would make sense as the vast majority of interns are there), but I did feel at times there was little thought put into communicating with and including those off site.

There were training sessions available throughout the year for both working and personal development. In addition to this there were public speakers and a wealth of online courses to enroll in.

I will definitely consider applying to work for L'Oreal in future. They have a graduate scheme which can be applied to whilst on placement. There is plenty of room for growth as an individual within the company which is definitely appealing for graduates.

Despite not being able to attend the majority of them, there were frequent social events organised with quite a lot of thought behind them.

Very cheap in South Wales, however this is probably not reflective of the majority of the L'Oreal placements.

Living near Cardiff means there is a fantastic student nightlife, but again this will not be applicable for the majority of placements as most are in Hammersmith.

There are various charity and community schemes that come with being part of a global company.