Location: Brisbane Office, Sydney Office
Number of Positions Available: 1
NTI Reference Number: UAA_2024
Work Type: Full time
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking an Undergraduate (2nd year or later) student interested in building a career as an Actuary.
Working within a small actuarial team responsible for pricing all portfolios, developing recommendations, and implementing strategies across the business, you will have the opportunity to work across all products gaining knowledge and exposure to a wide range of Actuarial activities including pricing and reserving techniques.
As part of our Undergraduate program, you will grow an incredibly well rounded commercial skillset and have the opportunity to practically apply your university learnings in real time. You will work with industry experts and receive training and mentoring to develop your technical and non-technical skills, gaining exposure to projects, stakeholder management and more. You will be a valued and important member of our team!
This is a paid undergraduate program, working on average 2 - 3 days per week with flexibility around your study requirements, as well as offering extra hours as desired during university semester breaks.
Please note: This is an ongoing casual position.
We would love for you to apply if you:
- Have a passion and keen interest in data insights and predictive analytics - your natural curiosity will lead you to ask questions, explore environments, and take every opportunity to learn
- Are proactive planners and communicators, not afraid of challenging the status quo whilst being empathic and a team player
- Have a strong ‘hands-on” attitude towards understanding, validating and transforming data, pursuing data quality improvement opportunities which enable more robust and reliable outcomes
- Have a strong interest in developing efficient data and workflow processes
- Enjoy the process of designing, developing and enhancing data driven solutions (actuarial / statistical models, machine learning algorithms & applications, data and insights dashboards & visualisations etc.)
From a technical perspective, we’d love to see the following:
- Mathematics, statistics, actuarial, physics or engineering discipline with demonstrated strong academic performance
- Hands-on experience with SQL, Python or similar (desirable)
- Exposure or experience to data ingestion, manipulation and statistical modelling (desirable)
- Familiarity with visualisation platforms such as PowerBI or Tableau (desirable)
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications (desirable)
- Prior working experience in analytical roles is highly regarded
Ready to apply? We can’t wait to read your application!
We’d love for you to apply with a resume, academic transcript, and cover letter explaining why you’d like to join our Undergraduate program.
Our application process is tailored to get the best out of you! If you are shortlisted, you will speak with our People & Capability team on the phone, and then have the opportunity meet our Actuarial team face to face for an interview.