Scottish Friendly
Actuarial Student
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Glasgow (Hybrid Working - 2 Days per Week in Office)
£30,000 - £40,000 DOE + A market leading study support package
Launch Your Actuarial Career with Scottish Friendly
Are you a recent graduate with a passion for mathematics, analysis and problem solving? Looking to build a successful career as an actuary while gaining hands-on experience across a broad range of actuarial disciplines?
At Scottish Friendly, we're looking for an ambitious Actuarial Student to join our team in Glasgow. This is an excellent opportunity to receive professional support towards actuarial qualifications while developing your expertise within a collaborative and supportive environment.
The Opportunity
As an Actuarial Student, you'll gain exposure to a wide variety of actuarial work, helping you develop a strong technical foundation and a deep understanding of the life and pensions industry.
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You'll be involved in:
- Solvency UK valuations and reporting
- Reinsurance analysis and reporting
- Experience analysis and assumption setting
- Supporting the determination of asset returns passed to policyholders
- Analysing and explaining movements in actuarial results
- Assisting with the preparation of reports and stakeholder communications
- Supporting Customer Services in responding to complex questions from our policyholders
- Supporting ad-hoc business projects
As your experience grows and you progress through your actuarial qualifications, you'll have opportunities to contribute across the wider business, including investment, operations, customer services and product development.
About You
We're looking for someone who is:
- Analytical, curious and naturally solutions-focused
- Comfortable working with data and interpreting information
- Able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- A strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills
- Collaborative, adaptable and eager to learn
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Essential Requirements
- A new graduate, or someone with a little experience of working in an actuarial related role in the life insurance sector
- Minimum 2:1 degree in a numerate discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, Physics, Engineering or similar)
- Strong mathematical and analytical ability
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Some experience of coding, statistical software or financial modelling (such as SQL or Python)
- A genuine interest in pursuing a career as a qualified actuary
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