Finance Intern Review

by abrdn

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • As an intern in the Finance Business Performing division, I spent most of my time assisting in internal budgeting and planning. On a day-to-day basis this could involve analysing budget vs. actual numbers, checking unusual transactions with their invoices and communicating with other teams within the business.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • In terms of hard skills, I have learnt a lot about using Excel in a financial context, as well as several other finance systems. In terms of soft skills, I have improved my networking skills by taking the opportunity to speak to people in other teams that I am interested in.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • 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?
  • As the internship progressed I was given more responsibility, ie. instead of just formatting the information packs, I was able to do the analysis and had responsibility for several different functions within the business.


  • 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?
  • In terms of early careers, there is so much support given to interns. Almost weekly there will be an external workshop set up to improve a soft skill, or to help with a system that abrdn uses internally. In terms of colleagues, everyone is friendly and helpful, very willing to take the time to explain things to you if you are unsure how to do them, and very understanding, especially towards the interns.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The company has a very casual culture, ie. everyone is very friendly, we have a team meeting every morning with a pub quiz style quiz round etc. Outside of the team, anyone you reach out to will be happy to take the time to speak to you about their role. It is generally a very accepting and friendly place to work.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • In terms of the work I was doing, it was not exactly what I see myself doing long-term so I think I could have enjoyed it more if I was in a division more suited to my personal tastes. However, the company culture and my colleagues are so friendly, really couldn't fault them.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at abrdn
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
  • Think about the experiences you have had that include diversity and working towards social issues. abrdn were very interested in my work in Women in Banking and Finance and Women in Leadership during the application process.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting, Banking

Scotland

August 2021


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