COO Intern Review
by abrdn
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at abrdn
- 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
Overview
Collateral management activities with communications between abrdn and our third parties, brokers and traders. Setting up funds to facilitate trading. Ensuring outsourced activities to delivered to the required standard through continuous monitoring. Daily collateral postings being recorded and monitored in terms of types of cash/stock/bonds being posted and either paid of expected to be received
Skills
Developing communication skills across teams and excel skills
Responsibilities
Given a lot of responsibility with daily tasks Given a lot of autonomy in relation to project based undertakings, with a lot of support when required
Support & Guidance
Lot of support received throughout internship team placement - in form of managers and team member colleagues on a wide variety of topics from subject specific queries to general information about the company itself
Culture
Incredibly welcoming and safe environment which gives way to increased confidence and learning abilities which can be seen throughout the entire company and all departments. Huge focus, investment and interest within early careers, from the internship programme to trainee programme to graduate programme and lots of retention seen throughout these paths.
Your Impressions
very much enjoyed because of the support and welcoming environment created and the longevity and future opportunities which I feel allows interns to invest and engage more with the process
Yes
for those who are thinking of joining an intern programme, my advice would be to take all the opportunities there are and take time to speak to all teams and departments across the organisation to gain more knowledge and make connections
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Financial Management
Scotland
June 2023
