Actuarial – Pensions and Investments Graduate Programme

Help UK and EMEIA clients manage their pension account and investment risks whilst you progress towards becoming a qualified actuary.

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    Actuarial – Pensions and Investments

    A fast-changing world can create a lot of opportunity for businesses, but it also creates new risks. We offer our clients expert-led advice on pension risk. Our teams work within a multi-disciplinary environment across a number of specialist areas, covering a range of industry sectors. The global nature of our business allows our people to develop and grow based on their own personal goals and objectives.

    We’re proud to have won the award for The Times ‘Graduate Employer of Choice’ in 2021 for our Actuarial work.

    Technology in Actuarial – Pensions and Investments

    Technology and innovation are key in delivering solutions to our clients. We use actuarial valuation and liability modelling software to help clients understand their pension risk. We have also developed apps and platforms for clients using Python and "R".

    What will you be doing?

    • Analysing data to identify trends and insights, communicating with clients, writing reports and presenting your work
    • Applying actuarial concepts and modelling techniques to derive EY's view on financial assumptions
    • Building proposals for new business pitches
    • Completing actuarial audits of pension schemes
    • Performing analytics and producing visualisations to support client needs
    • Supporting the investment governance and oversight team in selecting, monitoring and researching fiduciary managers
    • Carrying out due diligence on the pension aspects in a corporate transaction (merger and acquisitions)
    • Providing support on advising clients in relation to their pensions and related risks
    • Are you eligible to apply?

      We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone. You will, however, need to be working towards an honours degree in a numbers-based subject like Maths, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science or Technology, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, and three A-levels (with an A in A-level Maths)/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply. 

      Eligibility for Visa Sponsorship: This vacancy is able to offer visa sponsorship if you are unable to secure the right to work in the UK yourself.

      We welcome applications from all academic backgrounds and are looking for individuals who will succeed at EY in the desired role and future qualifications, therefore throughout our recruitment process your academic performance will be considered against your online assessment scores to determine your suitability for an EY role. We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.

      Read more about our academic requirements.

    Professional qualifications

    Fellowship of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

    Programme length

    Two years. However, we'll provide continued support and training to help graduates to qualify as actuaries, which typically takes 3-5 years in total.

    Salary

    Competitive 

      How’s it structured?

      After completing the EY induction, you'll jump into the deep end and get involved in live client projects. We'll provide you with the support you need to understand how to analyse client data, spot trends and provide clients with insights. Your team will be on hand to support as you contribute to actuarial audits reviewing company pension accounts, helping to create client reports on the key pensions-related merger and acquisitions risks, helping to assess the current investment structure of our clients' pension schemes and much more.

      By your second year, you will be responsible for supporting our new graduates and reviewing their work. You will be taking on more responsibility in your second year by taking on a lead support role on some of your client engagements. You will take a bigger role on projects, with a more client facing role. You may also have the opportunity to work on projects in other actuarial areas (life and non-life insurance) too.

      Throughout the programme, you’ll study for actuarial professional exams (supported by a generous allowance) and have many opportunities to join training events and conferences. By the time the graduate programme is over, you’ll have a firm understanding of how to use analysis and modelling techniques in order to understand our clients’ businesses and the issues affecting them. Best of all, you’ll be well on your way to a qualification and gaining the knowledge and experience needed to win business for EY, lead projects and progress to more senior positions.

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        Rewards and benefits

        You want a career that counts. An experience that challenges you. That rewards performance and ultimately defines your future. That's what's on offer at EY. After all, our success is founded on yours.

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        Adjustments

        All candidates should be given the opportunity to be their best selves throughout the process. We have adjustments in place to make all individual applications accessible.

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        2024 Applications are now closed

         

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