actuarial analyst Review

Calculating individual members pension amounts, working on projects such as accounting and valuations and general manipulation of data in order to derive a specified result. A lot of numerical and analytical work, however I also compile reports and send in-depth technical emails whilst consulting both internally and to other teams.

I have develop my analytical ability to manipulate data, my understanding of technical concepts and the application of this to the real work. In addition, I have left soft skills such as verbal and written communication and simply being able to adapt to different scenarios based on what is expected of me.

I enjoy the culture at WTW and enjoy the work I am involved in. I feel supported in every aspect in my role and know where to look in order to aid my continual development. Most days I also feel a great sense of reward after the workday is finished.

The process by which the apprenticeship is laid is very well formatted. I have received a timetable detailing the deadlines of each stage of the apprenticeship: exams, 20% on the job training and the work I should be completing at each period in my apprenticeship. The options for which I have after the apprenticeship is laid out clearly.

I have a coach from our external training company: BPP and have regular scheduled catch-up calls with both my line and study manager. We have weekly huddle meetings whereby workload is allocated and re-allocated throughout the team based on capacity to ensure no one is overloaded or has too little work.

I have regular catch-up calls with my BPP coach where we discuss: my current objectives, the work I have completed since our last call, what I would like to get more involved in, setting study targets and how I am feeling both generally and about the apprenticeship. I feel well supported and know that I can turn to my coach if I felt I needed to.

I have done 2 exams through the CAA actuarial exams . The first of which was base mathematical understanding which was a re-visit of a level mathematical topics and the second of which was financial and actuarial based which linked in my day-to-day work such as calculating annuities which I use in transfer value quotations.

There are a lot of social events that I can get involved in from dog walks every Thursday to socials at the Epsom racecourse for derby day. There have been points where once a week I ended up on a work social! The culture at WTW is great and people are always up for all types of networking events.

Yes

I have enjoyed my time and WTW and feel the company is worth joining. I feel supported and have enjoyed my time here.

Have a very basic understanding of actuarial and mathematical topics to help with your view on the role. Also bear in mind that actuarial work is lots of risk-based and assumption setting jobs.