Actuarial/investment consulting Review

by Barnett Waddingham LLP

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Financial analysis and actuarial calculations in excel. Researching asset classes.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Excel, teamwork, communication, powerpoint, R, VBA, multitasking


  • 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
  • 2/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, we were given real clients tasks and data to work on individually. If we got stuck, all staff were very willing to help.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Wider team were amazing in providing support, they were very understanding also. All of my mentors were also extremely helpful .


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 2/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Extremely friendly, a good balance of socials and work events. Didn't get much experience with charities/diversity/inclusion events etc as the placement was only a 2 month placement.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Very much enjoyed the work and i rally loved the working environment, definitely hoping to return at some point!


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Barnett Waddingham LLP
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Barnett Waddingham LLP to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barnett Waddingham LLP
  • Just be yourself! Let them know why you want to be an actuary and why you chose BW.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

August 2022


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