Risk Analyst Review

I really enjoyed the risk placement at GE Money Home Lending. I really got to know the different processes such as scorecards and delinquancy planning, and there was a lot of scope do do differnt things within my role.

I really got on with most of my colleagues and was respected by them all. Once I understood the role, I was able to help a lot of colleagues across different departments, especially within my own team. And I think they were grateful for my help.

The business is a businesses where changes take place all the time, so when managers change role there is time where you do not have a manager, so I did feel a bit lost at these times. However, when I did have a manager they were really helpful and helped me develop throughout the year.

Like any business, there were times when we were overloaded and would have to stay late, and other times when there wasn't much to be done. This can't be helped.

In the end i was relied upon to do a lot of the planning. Without my aid, I think the process would have taken a lot longer.

The skills are so useful. Soft skills such as presentational, time managment, organisational skills will really help through out life. On top of this the technical skill will be very useful in the future as the skills in Excel and SAS are transferable to other risk roles.

As long as you got your work done by the deadlines set, it would be a very relaxed atmosphere.

Before we started the placement, we had a welcome day, which was very useful to get to know the other interns, get an insight into your role and make living arrangements for the year. Once we started there setup was very well organised, we had introduction information, online training set up and overviews with different teams organised.

As well as over 5 days out of the office training, such as facilitation, presentation skills and influential skills. there was always online training which we could get involved with. But what I appreciated the most was the one to one sessions which were available to you at any time with your manager, where you could dicuss how you want to go forward, different things you would like to achive, how to go about this, and feedback.

Although GE is a really good company to work for, I would like to try other things.

There were around 25 interns so we would often go out together, such as going into London, going shopping, going for meals, to the pub and nights outs.

A we were quite close to london prices were a bit higher than at home, but because of the wage coming in everything was affordable.

Always a good night out with friends, just a bit limited on places to go.

Because many colleagues had families and outside commitments there were not many oppertunites outside of weok, however a quartly social always happens.