Actuarial summer intern Review

Individual calculations for members, updating data, data mining, creating reports and presentations for clients.

Excel skills, presentation skills, time management

Started carrying out client work on the second or third week, there was mainly client work to be done so a reasonable amount of responsibility, however every piece of work is checked several times before being sent to a client.

We were allocated a graduate 'buddy' to guide us through the internship, they were the first port of call, lots of guidance from other members of the team, and designated an intern managed additionally to go to for any help. Most team members were accessible for any help and support needed.

Great atmosphere, not the busiest office at times given the work from home culture, but the whole Leeds office were extremely welcoming, there are frequent lunchtime and after work drinks and social events, lots of effort made in this area by the office, and mainly company paid for which was great.

An extremely well structured training programme, far from the tea and coffee runs internships stereotypically are thought to involve. It is an intense programme and very intellectually challenging, slightly overwhelming the first few weeks with a bit of information overload, but there is lots of support with this. Client work is very varied, but if you aren't confident with core mathematical abilities, this may not be the role for you- lots of maths.

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Be aware that this isn't an internship for someone wanting to slip under the radar and do no work, you are trained well and paid so expected to complete a lot of client work. There are usually two interns in the regional offices, so you pull your weight for sure. The structure of the programme involves lots of information and training regarding pensions, so make sure you have an interest, there is lots of quite complicated maths initially, but this eases once you use spreadsheets instead of doing them by hand, it is just to learn to the core reasons behind it. The graduate retention of interns is fantastic, so if this is an area you want to go into, the internship is definitely the best way through the doors, as most previous interns returned as a graduate.