What are the responsibilities and job description for the Actuarial Intern position at Ameritas?
Ameritas is seeking an Actuarial Intern to drive the business by supporting the actuarial functions and staff by performing actuarial analyses and calculations, preparing reports, and participating in actuarial projects. The actuarial intern may support the following departments: Individual Product, Group, Corporate Actuarial.
At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.
This internship will begin May 2027. This is a hybrid role working partially in-office and partially from remote in Lincoln, NE during the summer, with the potential to continue supporting the team during the academic year, depending on business needs and academic commitments.
What you do:
- Gather and prepare data for analysis
- Participate in programming, preparation, and interpretation of actuarial reports
- Participate in projects
- Develop new ideas and processes that improve the departments’ performance
- Comply with proper internal controls as necessary to conduct job functions and/or carry out responsibilities and/or administrative activities
What you bring:
- Actively pursuing a four-year degree in actuarial science
- Completed or enrolled in Interest Theory (or equivalent) OR earned credit for one actuarial exam
- Familiarity with Excel and/or programming languages such as SQL, Python, R, and VBA Experience with coding is preferred, but not required
- Strong mathematical skills
- Starting with the second (sophomore) school year, a student must take at least one actuarial exam each academic year
- Strong written and oral communication skills
What we offer
- Our company motto is “Fulfilling Life” and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future
- Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers
- We’re committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities
- Ameritas supports actuarial interns with a summer housing option.
This internship is benefits ineligible.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Application Deadline
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 business days or until filled.