Commercial Analyst Review

by Centrica

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Role overview: • Helping to define the commercial strategy and business plan • Deliver on strategic priorities getting new propositions to market • Build business models and help determine investment priorities • Insight analysis of our performance • Leading cross-functional teams to deliver our strategy


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • New skills: • Stakeholder management • Sales forecasting • Commercial awareness Development of existing skills: • Excel • Communication & collaboration • Business language


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Given ownership of projects from the first week of joining my team. I was allowed to make the primary decisions and requested feedback for improvement on multiple occasions. I was encouraged to express my creativity in the models, and think of appropriate assumptions if required. Overall, I was designated five projects with varying degrees of independent and collaborative work.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • People were always available to answer my questions. I received great guidance throughout the placement. This was from many levels of the hierarchy in the business.


  • 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?
  • Great work environment. Everyone is approachable.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Very enjoyable - a great introduction into the corporate world.


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

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Be aware of the projects Centrica are currently working on and why they align with your interests. Be keen on expressing your interest to improve your commercial awareness.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

South East

August 2022


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