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Finance Business Partner Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I am a financial performance analyst working within the Foods business unit of Unilever. Most days will be a combination of meetings with the finance team, speaking with brand leads from other departments, independent work which could be solo projects or tasks to help other members of the team. Everyday is completely different though


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Throughout my placement, I’ve developed both technical and interpersonal skills whilst having to up skill myself on all of Unilever’s specific systems and general financial tools and terminology. I have also been able to become very technical winning excel which will help in any future role I have


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • From the outset, my role carried meaningful responsibility, which steadily increased as I demonstrated my capability to manage more complex tasks and increased workloads. Over the past 12 months, I’ve led initiatives that enhanced our team’s efficiency and improved monthly processes; driving measurable impact across the wider business group


  • 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?
  • I received a great deal. I had a great team around me, that consisted of different work levels who were all always happy to help me or speak to me about personal development etc


  • 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 culture was great, everybody is very friendly and helpful


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 2/5

  • 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?
  • I have really enjoyed my placement, it has been an amazing opportunity which has provided me a comprehensive understanding of both the corporate world and finance partnering


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • To take time to understand the company’s values and also show that you have over interests outside or uni etc


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

London

June 2025


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