Actuarial Private Summer Student Review

Item: Actuarial Private Summer Student at Hymans Robertson
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at Hymans Robertson

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

Glasgow

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

- Given work from client teams such as funding updates, quarterly cashflows, transfer value calculations
- A lot of work done involves the handling of Excel spreadsheets & functions
- Sometimes VBA macros were employed in Excel
- Drafting of pension scheme member newsletters and other documents
- Use of Hymans internal systems to project, visualise and update pension scheme data
- Group project was to update learning and development materials
- Learning of actuarial concepts within pension sphere

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, we were expected to have client-critical tasks finished by certain deadlines. We were given meaningful work

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

- Developed presentation and professional networking skills
- Improved Excel and VBA proficiency
- Learnt how to handle/organise an ever-changing stream of work
- Learnt how to use Hymans internal systems
- Learnt actuarial methods and concepts

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Everyone at the firm, with various levels of seniority, was incredibly helpful and friendly - you really could ask anyone for guidance and they would try their best to assist you. You were also allocated a 'buddy' and a people manager as your personal liaison for any issues, personal or professional.