Finance Graduate Review

It is on a rotation basis where you move roles over the 3 years. My role involves responsibilities from daily tracking of premium and claims volumes, forecasting and planning cancellations and the impact on the Profit and Loss sheet to ad hoc tasks. I have had the opportunity to lead on projects from the start.

During my time here I have built on some skills that I already had such as Excel and SAP. However, I have also had training to use new programs. Beside the hard skills, there are also programs such as a DIscovery Insight day to learn about how you work within teams.

I have enjoyed my experience so far. My team are very supportive which has positively impacted my learning journey. It has also helps to have dedicated study time weekly. It good to have the opportunity to move around offices, meet different people and broaden my knowledge. There's a great grad community.

The program is becoming more structured. There is a general overview of what roles are available, different offices where you could be based of travel to visit and the study program. There are structured lectures and a skills coach to help with study but also a mentor within another part of the business to help with work.

I feel like I get adequate support from the employer. My team are great at talking through tasks with me, giving me time to attempt it myself but always there to answer ad hoc questions or put in meetings to go through in more detail. I've also been provided with a mentor.

There are weekly study hours provided by the employer dedicated to your study text/ lectures/ past exam questions. You are assigned a skills coach who is very responsive to any questions and helped to tailor the modules to the skills you already have for example if you already have exemptions.

There have been some modules that I have covered in my training which is transferable to my everyday role. It has made it easier to see how what I learn in a text book is used in the real world. My team take time with me to discuss what I'm learning and join the links to the business.

The business encourages you to take a couple of days as volunteering days each year. This generally involves working with a team you make yourself or meeting people with similar interests. There are also finance events throughout the year, recognition and award ceremonies and graduate and apprentice social events alongside socials planned yourself.

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They provide a very welcoming environment. People are happy to help regardless of whether they directly work with you or not. There are a lot of opportunities for people to internally move around the business and find the role that suits them best and broaden their knowledge. The offices promote a hybrid working environment.

One of the biggest bits of advice is to come and be yourself and not try to 'fit' in. The workplace is very diverse and welcoming making it less stressful to transition into the new company. When preparing for the interview try to pick topics that will make you stand out but read a lot of background information to back up your hypothesis.