Overview
Actuarial Undergraduate Placement Scheme
Locations: London, Salford Quays (Manchester) & Staines
Hybrid working options available
Duration: 1 Year Rotation
Salary: £25,000 - £27,500 per year (dependent on location) + Fantastic Benefits
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Start Date: September 2026
We’re known as a leading healthcare group, with a global reach and a purpose to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. If you’re looking to kick start your career, this 12-month undergraduate industrial placement offers insight into the actuarial world and the opportunity to build your future in our organisation.
Responsibilities
During the placement you will complete a rotation in one of our actuarial functions, which may include:
* Pricing
* Reserving
* Regulatory Reporting
* Claims Analytics
* Group Actuarial
No two days are the same during the 12-month placement. You’ll face a well-balanced mix of challenges, mutual support and accelerated skills development through our development programme. You’ll also shadow senior colleagues to gain valuable insight and expand your network.
At the end of a successful placement, there is potential to be fast-tracked for a place on our graduate scheme.
What we’re looking for
Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives? Bupa does, and not only for its customers, but for all its employees and everyone across the globe. As a global health and care company, everything we do is driven by our purpose. If you share our ambition and you’re equally as passionate about people, our values and putting customers first, then Bupa is the perfect place to start your Actuarial career.
Qualifications and Training
* Must have the right to work in the UK
* Current undergraduate student in your penultimate year of your degree
* Numerical based degree, such as Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Economics.
* Be on track to achieve at least a 2.1 in your degree
* Have achieved an ABB at A-Level or equivalent, with a minimum grade in A-Level in Maths (or equivalent).
Skills and Knowledge
* Curious and inquisitive, challenging the status quo, flexible and adaptable and tenacious and resilient
* An interest in developing deep analysis of large data sets by leveraging tools such as AI and coding
* Effective self-organisation and ability to plan ahead, to complete tasks to deadlines.
* Positive, can-do attitude, proactive and take the initiative.
* Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
* Team player, able to work collaboratively with others and influence.
* Strong self-awareness with a drive and commitment to own development
* Able to take a commercial approach
* Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
What else we offer you
We specialise in wellbeing. And healthcare is what we’re known for. It’s what makes Bupa, Bupa. Looking after our colleagues and their wellbeing is what we do best. Alongside an attractive starting salary you’ll have access to a range of other benefits: discounted gym memberships and online classes to support physical wellbeing, the Personal Energy programme and a network of mental health first aiders. Flexible working is embedded in our culture to support work-life balance.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider with no shareholders, focusing on customers. Our people are driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We encourage everyone to Be you at Bupa, championing diversity and welcoming applicants from diverse backgrounds.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to fair recruitment and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Click on the link to apply; you’ll need an up-to-date CV and to complete our short application form. We’ll review your application and, if successful, you’ll complete online ability tests, a video interview, and an assessment day (likely virtual).
Additional information
Time Type: Full time
Job Area:
Locations: Angel Court, London; Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
#J-18808-Ljbffr