Finance Intern Review

by M&G plc

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Daily team meetings. Consolidating cost reports from business areas. Producing cost forecasts for future years. Producing data analysis for senior business. Attending educational sessions. Generating sheets for half year reports. Working on a group project.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed excel skills, collaborative skills, presenting skills. Gained a greater business understanding of asset management firms.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given responsibility to produce outputs that were useful for the team, and used when in discussions with senior business members.


  • 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?
  • Plenty of support!


  • 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?
  • M&G has a very friendly company culture. I never encountered any hostility myself.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • I enjoyed it for the most part, there were days that felt slow, and days that were fast paced and suitably challenging. The community of interns was very friendly.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at M&G plc
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend M&G plc to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to M&G plc
  • It is a company under transformation, so depending on the business area you work in, it can be very rewarding.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Financial Management

Scotland

August 2023


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