2026 Summer Student | Actuarial Consulting | Guildford at Barnett Waddingham

Guildford, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Jan, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Actuarial Services, Risk Management, Pensions, Investment, Insurance, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Analytical Skills, Client Work, Mathematics, Project Management, Mentorship, Training, Consulting, Responsibility

Industry

Financial Services

Description

2026 Summer Student | Actuarial Consulting | Guildford United Kingdom Barnett Waddingham (part of Howden) is a leading independent UK professional services consultancy advising on risk, pensions, investment and insurance. With over 1700 people across 11 offices, our core purpose is based around empowering people to secure better futures. We are a sustainable and thriving client and people focussed organisation, committed to doing the right thing. We are dependent on talented and well-trained employees who enjoy working for a leading organisation in a closely knit and friendly team. To achieve this - and further support our continued growth we are looking for talented, motivated and enthusiastic individuals who value the chance to join our summer student programme in our actuarial team. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and inclusive firm, committed to our core purpose of doing the right thing. This is underpinned by our core behaviours, building relationships, finding solutions and delivering impact. We have a supportive structure in place to help you manage your work/life balance. Increasing our talented workforce is imperative to maintaining a proactive and competitive business, which is why our study support package and dedicated training team are always on hand for guidance throughout our graduate programme and beyond. Many students who have completed our summer internship have gone on to develop their career with us after university as part of our graduate programme. Our Actuarial Summer Internship Programme 2026 We run an eight-week paid summer internship programme in our Actuarial Consulting team that offers first class training and work experience. Enabling you to gain an excellent understanding of the role a consultant undertakes within the firm, how our business operates and the opportunity to learn from our Partners and dedicated mentors. The internship will be across our Actuarial Consulting business area, an indication on the work you will be involved with is detailed below: The Actuarial Consulting team provides a variety of actuarial services to defined benefit pension schemes in the private sector and to public sector pension schemes, which are still open to new people joining and have a long-time horizon. We help our clients understand and manage the key risks and considerations associated with running their pension scheme. You will be given real responsibility to contribute to client work, actuarial calculations and projects. Who are we looking for? Our current summer internship vacancies require for you to be on track for a minimum 2:1 degree, A at A-Level or Higher Maths and Level 6 at GCSE English Language or B at Scottish National 5, (or other equivalent qualifications), we require dedicated individuals with a strong academic background who are dynamic, proactive and have excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

The intern will contribute to client work, actuarial calculations, and projects within the Actuarial Consulting team. They will gain an understanding of the consultant's role and how the business operates.