EY Empower - Actuarial Summer Internship 2022

About the Bright Network - EY Empower Programme

EY Empower is a new initiative developed in partnership with Bright Network, specifically designed to support those who come from traditionally under-represented groups in the industry.

If accepted on to the programme, you will be offered in-depth coaching and support throughout the rest of the EY recruitment process, to help you realise your full potential. This will be provided across a variety of formats, including group and 1-2-1 coaching sessions, and sign-posting to relevant upskilling tools and material. 

You will also be able to skip part of the EY online portal stage (learning for a changing world).

EY Empower: Actuarial Summer Internship

Work with local and global companies and help them meet their strategic goals whilst developing skills to kick-start your career.

At EY, no question is too small, too ambitious or too imaginative. We use our curiosity to ask better questions, that inspire better answers. That’s how we build a better working world.

Join us in our Actuarial Non-Life Insurance or Actuarial Life Insurance teams and start contributing to real client projects alongside our teams and Partners. This is your chance to gain hands-on experience in a company that puts your learning first. Your opportunity to work with clients large and small, creating global solutions that make a worldwide impact. Here, your career is truly yours to build. Experience our world. Your way.

The fast-changing world of Actuarial can create lots of opportunity for insurance businesses, but it also creates new risks. We help our clients identify these risks by carrying out complex calculations, asking the right questions, setting priorities and creating action plans for success.

What programmes can you join?

Non-life insurance - Bristol

Help clients solve complex challenges by identifying and managing risks, mapping out action plans and asking the right questions.

Life Insurance - Bristol & Edinburgh

Bring planning and strategic solutions to clients and help them grow their operations.

Technology in Actuarial

Technology is at the forefront of the way we work. Our proprietary software enhances our ability to deliver market leading insight and we utilise this to assist our clients in modernising their actuarial capabilities. You will be immersed in this technology from day one and will develop the skills to help our clients improve the way they operate in the market.

What will you be doing?

You’ll build a career that’s yours to own. With infinite opportunities to lead, learn and transform, we’ll empower you to build a world as unique as you. You’ll be:

• Analysing data to identify trends and insights, communicating with clients, writing reports and presenting your work
• Using the latest technologies to understand and solve client challenges
• Communicating internally and externally, collaborating to offer clients the best solution
• Building relationships with colleagues, clients and industry professionals
• Using your inquisitiveness to drive success

Entry requirements

If you meet the EY Empower criteria below, you’re in your penultimate year at university, or if you’re already in your final year but will be doing a one-year Master’s degree, or taking a gap year, this internship is for you.

To be eligible for the EY Empower programme, you must identify within any of the listed groups below:

• A minority ethnic group, including (but not limited to) Black Heritage, Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Heritage and Asian 
• Female
• LGBTQ+
• From a lower socio-economic background
• Identify as having a disability

We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone. You will however, need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject - some programmes will require a subject relevant to the business area, and have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.

EY welcome applications from all students, regardless of their background. If the above does not apply to you, please submit your application directly - here

The process

To get started, fill in a short initial application form and answer one motivational question by clicking the apply now button. 

If your initial application is successful, you will then receive details of how to access the relevant coaching and support sessions, along with the instructions of how to complete EY’s application portal as an Empower programme candidate.

Once the EY portal is completed and your application accepted, you will then be able to miss the online portal stage (Learning for a changing world). This will shorten the time it takes to complete the full application process by approximately an hour and a half.  

Note: If you’ve applied for EY in the last 6 months, unfortunately you will be unable to apply for this opportunity.

Learn more

Immerse yourself in our world whilst exploring your options at the forefront of business. Get to know the part you could play in our organisation. And discover what it means to experience EY your way.

Find out more about our opportunities and how to apply.

Our world. Your way.