Banking Consulting Industrial Placements at Mazars LLP

8.6/10

The Role

8.8

Organisation

8.8

Socialising

8.0

The Role

Role Description

Responsible for gathering data, analyzing and presenting financial data. Review financial documentation. Participating in productive meetings with management.

1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

My placement year at Mazars has been both challenging but beneficial. I have had the opportunity to work with various teams and departments from numerous sites. The variety of work has been a key aspect for me.

9/10

2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

The teams that I had the chance to work in appreciated my strenghts and weaknesses and did their best to ensure that I was being utilised. Even some colleagues that I didn't have projects with made the effort to bring me into different tasks.

8/10

3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

I was very lucky to work in two high calibre teams that were focussed not only on seeing me succeed with my projects, therefore achieving results or improving processes, but my managers were very keen to see me develop professionally. Early on in my placement I was thrown into various presentations which at the time may had been nervewracking but I can confidently say that I have greatly improved as a result. I particularly felt that my managers were interested to see me have a successful career.

9/10

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

I had a perfect mixture of day to day tasks and project based time. If I felt that this balance became even at any point I had no qualms in sitting down with my manager to re-align where I should be spending my time.

9/10

5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

I created work that will be used when I have left Mazars and work that I saw being used by senior management in my time. Day to day tasks even gave me the opportunity to speak regularily with customers and even process orders and high value quotations.

9/10

6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

I firmly believe that skills I have learnt at Mazars will drastically improve my final year approach/work.

9/10

The Organisation

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

Friendly and fast paced.

9/10

8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

The placement scheme was very well structured throughout the year ensuring that as an intern we were never short of contact time/training.

9/10

9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

The placement year included numerous training days at different sites across the country which were very useful for not only the placement year but for my final year of studies back at university.

9/10

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

• Subsidised Canteen
• Subsidised/Company Gym
• National Travel

8/10

11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

After recently presenting my year achievements to senior management, HR & my fellow interns, I have been offered a job to return on the Mazars Leadership Programme when I graduate from university.

9/10

Social

12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

Due the numerous training days with the fellow interns, we often organised nights out after training in the various parts of the country where we were training.

9/10

13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

If you are in the city is expensive.

5/10

14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

Lots to do!

10/10

15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

Not really. I wasn't exposed to any opportunities.

8/10