Actuarial consultant Review
by Hymans Robertson
Rating
-
Skills
4.5
-
Responsibilities
4.0
-
Support & Guidance
4.5
-
Culture
4.5
-
Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Hymans Robertson
- 7. Would you recommend Hymans Robertson to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hymans Robertson
Overview
I've worked in the actuarial private team, helping on 2 client teams to do calculations and prepare meeting documents regarding their pension scheme. There has also been technical work given to me, which involves updating spreadsheets and other internal software for changes in investments, members of the pension scheme, or other assumptions.
Skills
Developed Excel skills, working with larger data sources. Required lots of professional communication, as I had to talk to people all over the company with ranging levels of seniority. Had to quickly learn theoretical background to DB pension schemes, though this is taught well.
Responsibilities
Yes - I worked my way up from doing smaller tasks and calculations, to larger projects including preparing important documents for meetings.
Support & Guidance
There was lots of constant support given, from buddies and people manager, but also everyone with whom you were working with was very friendly and you could get help from any of these people.
Culture
Very friendly, you can speak to anyone and they would all always be willing to help. Lots of socials too, and a good work life balance.
Your Impressions
Very enjoyable, a really friendly atmosphere and good culture to get an introduction to work in actuary. Well taught and lots of guidance given initially.
Yes
Soft skills are very important in the interview process, as no one knows much about pensions/actuary before joining. Do a bit of research however though to show you're keen on the kind of work that gets done.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
London
August 2024
