Summer Student - Actuarial Private Review

I was a summer intern with the Actuarial Private team. It involved both client work and technical work. You also work on a group project which has a presentation in the final week, and the opportunity to pick up any projects going. For myself this included picking up a PowerBI project, in which we used t to visualise timesheet data for an ATT (Actuarial Technical Team) workstream, and another project in which we created functions using VBA in Excel.

Yes. I was amazed at the variety of work that I was able to get involved in. This included transfer values, trivial commutations, updating manuals, drafting guidance, and funding updates. These were all meaningful client tasks that were enjoyable too. There is a doer/checker/reviewer system so even if you found the work difficult and don't think you done it quite right, it was always going to be checked through by 2 other people before getting issued back to the client.

I have learned so any technical skills throughout this internship, this involved using some Hymans-specific software and Excel. I have also built on my communication, time management, ability to learn quickly and attention to detail.

I received so much support and guidance. Everyone at Hymans is incredibly friendly and always happy to help. If I was stuck on a piece of work always felt comfortable asking someone on my client team, or if it was a more general question I could always go to my buddy or people manager - both of whom were incredibly kind and helpful.

The culture was honestly fantastic. The company values - specifically friendly and partnering were so evident. When we first joined we had a lovely welcome lunch and a social where we got to know everyone and were made to feel extremely welcomed. The office layout is really great too, its all open plan and the partners will sit amongst everyone which is great.

I really enjoyed the internship. It has really solidified my passion for an actuarial career and it was great to be able to get so involved in the work, and also the social opportunities and charity challenge. It went over and above all the expectations that I had.

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