Finance placement Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Day to day basis involves supporting the global finance group by consolidating customer-level details to a higher-level of summary detail. Also included assisting with operations out of Greater Europe, including exposure to regulatory behaviour and journal entries/consolidation

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Really developed microsoft and overall technical skills. Role gives a good scope for leading projects and really working with international colleagues which I appreciated. Also helped me to develop my communication skills

  • 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?

    • 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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • You get given as much responsibility as you can handle since there are definitive busy and quieter weeks. So you can begin projects, lead tasks and handle your own weight beyond month-end and reporting times of the month.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • Fair amount of support, all colleagues were super friendly and supportive through working from home. Really helps you to flourish into a key member of your team

  • 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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Friendly! You could message anyone and get a nice response and a positive experience from working with others.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • While I was working from home, I got the most out of the opportunities I was given. I helped with a charity week at the company, led numerous new projects and spent time to look into possible ways for processes to go through within the team

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins

    • Be yourself, as they look for a team player rather than the smartest person in the room. Be willing to learn a lot as the finance function is massive at the company, so be open minded

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting, Banking

East Midlands

June 2021

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