Financial Analyst Review

by Bloomberg

Rating

10/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Provide round-the-clock support for Bloomberg Terminal users all over the world and across multiple industries. We interact directly with these clients daily, via our 'Instant Bloomberg' chat system, answering their questions and conducting training. As a general spec I answered basic queries relating to the terminal, complete troubleshooting steps. I am currently training to be a foreign exchange specialist

10/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Definitely! Not only do we learning skills from our data apprenticeship like the analytics life cycle but we also learn about the financial market in great depth from different perspectives. soft skills such as time management and presenting is something we do almost everyday so we get better and better throughout the day

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

It is a huge eye opener as to what happens in financial markets, interesting topics, interesting people and a lot of interesting conversations with clients.

10/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

it started off a bit bad but as we changed providers Bloomberg ensured that we picked up from where we left and gave us the support needed, white hat have definitely out performed themselves.

10/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

A LOT! from daily one to ones with my apprenticeship coach monitoring my progression to prioritizing the apprentices when handing out projects, ideas and opportunities

10/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

On Call! Stephanie Wright from Whitehat is even happy for us to contact her on the weekends, as soon as our off the job calculator is a bit low she is definitely on our back ! very good a motivating and supportive to disabilities.

10/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

definitely ! fueling confidence, motivation and introducing new ideas

10/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

I am part of the a few communities and i will be attending a lot of professional networking events.

10/10

9a. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

1. KNOWLEDGE 2.Diversity is major! 3. roles in Bloomberg offers a lot of opportunity

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg?

show passion when your going through interview questions and HIGHLIGHT what you bring to the table !