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Finance Internship Review

by NBCUniversal

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Financial Planning and Analysis: Performance Tracking - tracking a large slate of series in the development process, along with the costs committed to these shows Forecasting - regularly preparing a report on the total margin of shows produced by Universal International Studios within the year Commercial Finance: Competitor Research - using a variety of sources including Broadcast and Deadline Market Research - preparing presentations on the UK, Australian and Canadian Scripted and Unscripted Markets Formats: Formats Deal Tracking - invoice processing of Formats deals and reconciling deal values against SAP reports Business Reporting - Quarterly summary of Formats financial performance


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Excel (LOOKUP formulas, pivot tables & data reconciling) SAP, SMART and Salesforce knowledge Presenting to large groups including to the Formats & Finance teams Effective time management - balancing priorities across three different teams Strong understanding of the worldwide TV market


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Yes - the presentations I put together were sent to senior members across the team, and I was given many different responsibilities in my day-to-day work.


  • 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?
  • Lots of guidance, with two supervisors who were always available to help when I was stuck with my work.


  • 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?
  • Very friendly team


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

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

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

  • 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?
  • Found it really enjoyable, with lots of responsibility and many areas to develop throughout the placement, alongside a great intern network and a number of socials throughout the year.


  • 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 NBCUniversal
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NBCUniversal
  • Make sure to show why you want to work in Finance at NBCUniversal specifically during the Online Interview. Make use of the many Employee Resource Groups and socials throughout the year.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Television/Film/Media

London

May 2025


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