Summer student - Acturial & Investment Review

by Barnett Waddingham LLP

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • The role varies day to day as you get involved in different areas of the business such as investment consulting where you produce investment monitoring reports, statement of investment principles, implementation statements also Actuarial consulting where you calculate Cash equivalent transfers value, Trivial commutation, drafting reports. these are some of the main tasks


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • In my time at my internship i have developed several skills such analytical , excel, communication


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes from the beginning you are given a lot of responsibility and made to feel like a member of the team but tagging along to client meetings and being given stimulating work that any member of the team would do


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • during the duration of my internship, there were 4 mentors that had also followed the internship route who helped guide us through out as well the whole team who would always answer questions and encourage questions to be asked


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

  • 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?
  • the company culture is one of teamwork and building people up. ensuring people are working in a comfortable environment


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • It was a great opportunity and i learnt so much from just being part of team and asking questions, there were also a socials like the netball and football tournament , the partners BBQ, the interns got to plan a social


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

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

  • 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
  • be yourself, be kind, confident,


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary, Financial Management

South West

August 2024


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