2025 Summer Internship (Actuarial & Consulting)

About Us

Isio was ‘born’ in 2020, and we’ve been challenging existing thinking on pensions, benefits and investment advice ever since. We know that only by improving on what’s been accepted in the past can we provide the financial confidence our clients deserve.

Our people are some of the most experienced in their fields, bringing track records of having achieved commercial advantage for clients across pensions. Improving on long-accepted industry practices continues to drive us forward. We are proud to work with a third of the FTSE 100 and over 400 boards of trustees across all sectors.

Starting your Career at Isio

We’re a People First business, so we want to ensure that you are supported to reach your goals. We’ll support you with studying, be flexible around family life, and enable you to give back to the community through paid volunteering days.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion – bringing your whole self to work every day. Many of our roles are flexible in location to help create a work-life balance that works for you.

We are keen to support those starting their career at Isio with building a strong foundation for success. Whether as a Graduate, Industrial Placement student, Summer intern, or as an Apprentice, Isio will provide a great experience working alongside experienced professionals.

Isio is growing at a fast and exciting pace. Starting your career at Isio will be a great balance of working with experts in their field within an innovative organisation that is looking to drive positive change in its sector.

Graduates at Isio have acknowledged their positive experience, as shown by our ranking as the Top Employer for Graduates to work for in Consulting according to the Job Crowd 2023 rankings.

Programme: Actuarial Summer Internship - 2025

Length of programme: 6 weeks: 7th July 2025 – 15th August 2025

Locations: Manchester

Entry Requirements:

• To apply for this role, you need to be in your penultimate year of full-time university study from Autumn 2024-Summer 2025.
• We are open to applications from those studying any subject. Studying towards the actuarial exams will require strong mathematical skills and a keen interest in financial concepts.

What we are looking for in Summer interns in our Actuarial teams

As a people first business, personal attributes are just as important as academic qualifications. We’re looking for:

• Enthusiastic team players who are willing to learn and grow.
• A passion and energy to help us exceed our clients’ expectations and deliver against tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a natural curiosity and interest in the business world, and a global, forward-thinking mindset.
• The ability to maintain a good level of self-discipline and time management.

We will also be looking to see how applicants align to our core beliefs:

Power in Partnership: We work in partnership with our clients and each other – building open and trusted relationships.

Future Focus: We want to push our industry forward by solving problems in better ways that benefit both our clients and society.

Strength in Difference: We work with diverse perspectives to find better solutions.

People First: We recognise that pensions is a people business. People are the source of Isio’s expertise and it is people’s lives that we affect through our advice.

Working as an Actuary in Pensions at Isio

Pension schemes are part of the backbone of the UK savings industry – relied on by millions to provide a reliable and secure income in retirement. Balancing the costs and risks of a pension scheme as well as meeting best practice governance requirements is becoming increasingly complex – yet essential for a pension scheme to succeed.

At Isio, we constantly look at ways to innovate and develop new solutions to overcome these challenges through our Actuarial & Consulting services.

An actuarial career in pensions requires a high level of both numeracy and communication skills, as well as the enthusiasm and drive needed to gain professional qualifications and succeed in a fast-moving market.

What you will be doing

During your internship, you will have the opportunity to develop analytical skills while observing how we effectively consult for our clients. You will be involved in:

• Calculation work either on an individual member or company basis.
• Building financial models involving statistical methods.
• Drafting communication materials.
• Helping with identifying and researching business opportunities.
• Sharing knowledge with colleagues throughout Isio to continuously improve the service we offer our clients.

Isio’s aim is to recognise Summer interns who really apply themselves to the opportunity. Strong performance in your internship will lead to you being offered a Graduate role in Actuarial and Consulting at Isio for when you complete university without the need for an application.

During the graduate programme, you’ll receive the support needed to work towards achieving a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (IFoA) qualification.