Intern Risk Analyst Review

My year on placement has given me invaluable workplace experience, enhanced my CV and allowed me to develop a professional network as well as some good friends. I fully enjoyed my year on placement and couldnt recommend it enough.

The people were one of the key factors that made my placement so enjoyable, i always felt part of a team and that my work was valued.

All my colleagues were always more than happy to help with anything and regular 1:1's with structured goals helped with guidance throughout the year.

A difficult one to rate out of 10, i was always busy but never felt snowed under or like i had too much to do as i worked closely with my line manager to prioritise work and push back on low priority tasks.

My placement gave me real responsiblity such as peer reviewing others work technically and maintaing output standards of my work. The level of responsiblity you are given at PWC is not limited because you are an intern, if you show you are capable of dealing with it you are given it.

The overall experience will help with my application of economic theory into real life situations and my development of technical skills such as SAS and Excel will be extremely useful for future analytical roles.

Placement Year Details Job Title: Risk Analyst Intern Start Date: 2012 Length: Placement Year (10 Months+) Location: Watford, Greater London Salary: £16,000 - £17,999 Roles: Banking/Finance, Business Analytics, Business Management, Computer Science, Economics, Financial Management, Insurance, Mathematics/Statistics, Property/Real Estate Reviewer’s Course: Economics Ba Year With Employment Experience Reviewer’s University: University of Sheffield Review Date: September 2012 GE (General Electric) View Company Profile 83 Additional Reviews Search for Jobs With Us Report this review Print this page Review 81/84 for GE (General Electric) Previous Next Company Sectors Banking/Finance Business Analytics Business Intelligence/Market Research Business Management Computer Science Economics Financial Management Information Technology Insurance Logistics and Operations Marketing Mathematics/Statistics Property/Real Estate Review & RatingSimilar ReviewsSimilar JobsCompany ProfileJob Title: Risk Analyst Intern Overall Rated 8.0★★★★★★★★☆☆ Skip to Ratings Add to Favourites inShare0 The Role Role Description During my 12 months I spent my first 8 months in the Portfolio Analytics team where we were responsible for data analysis to support strategy decisions, the successful deployment of marketing campaigns and proof of concepts for statistic models. For my last 4 months I worked in the Integrity and Liaison team where our main responsibilities included credit reference agency relationship management, data governance and marketing campaign management. 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship? ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Rated 8/10 My year on placement has given me invaluable workplace experience, enhanced my CV and allowed me to develop a professional network as well as some good friends. I fully enjoyed my year on placement and couldnt recommend it enough. 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues? ★★★★★★★★★☆ Rated 9/10 The people were one of the key factors that made my placement so enjoyable, i always felt part of a team and that my work was valued. 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)? ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Rated 8/10 All my colleagues were always more than happy to help with anything and regular 1:1's with structured goals helped with guidance throughout the year. 4. How busy were you on a daily basis? ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Rated 8/10 A difficult one to rate out of 10, i was always busy but never felt snowed under or like i had too much to do as i worked closely with my line manager to prioritise work and push back on low priority tasks. 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement? ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Rated 7/10 My placement gave me real responsiblity such as peer reviewing others work technically and maintaing output standards of my work. The level of responsiblity you are given at GE is not limited because you are an intern, if you show you are capable of dealing with it you are given it. 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond? ★★★★★★★★★★ Rated 10/10 The overall experience will help with my application of economic theory into real life situations and my development of technical skills such as SAS and Excel will be extremely useful for future analytical roles. The Organisation 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office? ★★★★★★★★★☆ Rated 9/10 The office atmosphere was very good, eveyone was approachable (even senior staff such as the CRO) and things such as a friday afternoon quiz and bi-weekly department review help to promote a one team culture.

The placement was well structured with a 5 week introduction plan outlined at the start after which work depended on business priorities. Monthly meetings held by the intern representative and attended by all the interns within the business helped to unsure continued development throughout the year.

PWC invest a lot in the training and development of its employees and during my year i was able to attend formal courses for presentation skills, influencing skills, facilitation skills and personal brand as well as a number of online courses for technical skills such as SAS, Excel and scorecards.

thouroughly enjoyed my placement along with the work i was involved in and would relish the opportunity to work at PWC again in the future.

The social scene amongst both placement students and colleagues was good, with drinks in Watford occurring regularly as well as drinking in the city

found that comparable to the north of the country the cost of living was slightly more, having said that i also found that the intern wage was sufficient to cover my living and socialising costs.

ood for a night out and has a number of clubs and bars in the middle of town but probably the best thing about Watford is how close it is to London, with the train only taking around 20 mins.

Yes there were a number of sporting opportunities, i was involved in activities such as a hockey tournament and a triathlon and there were also non sporting opportunities available such as volunteering.