Finance Trainee, Finance Services at Lendlease

The following is a Graduate Review for Lendlease.

Lendlease scores 3.7/5 based on 79 reviews.

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

You are given responsibility for certain tasks and the amount and complexity of these tasks increases with the more experience and skills you build over time. Lendlease are always pushing your personal and professional development more and more.

Worst

Working in finance you do have to work late, till about 9pm for one week Monday to Friday plus a weekend twice a year for both year end and half year end. Working in finance you can't really take time off at month end or around Christmas due to reporting deadlines.

What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £29,000 - £31,000

Current salary: £29,000 - £31,000

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Be thorough when filling out the application form. Read what is required of you carefully. Try to be as well rounded as you can and include all different experiences and skills from lots of different sources. Identify and describe as many skills as you can from what you have learnt at university.

Do you have any interview tips?

Just completely be yourself in all aspects of the interview process. When answering questions in the face to face interview give yourself time to think. You can do this by repeating back the question they have asked as part of your answer before you actually give the answer to the question.