What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 Intern - Risk Management position at Nassau Community College?
Job Summary
Nassau’s 10-week, summer internship program in our Hartford, CT office prepares college students for careers on the cutting edge of insurance and asset management. This is an opportunity to learn more about a specific field or functional area within Risk Management while gaining valuable hands-on work experience. The program allows Nassau to build relationships with the top talent of the future.
Principal Duties And Responsibilities
Compensation
Nassau maintains a holistic compensation philosophy focused on competitive base salaries, performance driven incentives, and unique professional development opportunities. The combination of compensation, benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture along with related experiences is key to recruiting and retaining talent. Our compensation system is designed to reward performance, support development and job growth, and compensate individuals relative to their contribution to our organization. The base pay for this role is: $23/hr
Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Nassau Financial Group is a growth focused and digitally enabled financial services company with a fully integrated platform across insurance and asset management. Nassau was founded in 2015 and has grown to $1.6 billion in total adjusted capital, $24.8 billion in assets under management, and 365,000 policies and contracts as of March 31, 2025.
As part of a young and growing financial services enterprise, our employees are tapping into a new entrepreneurial spirit while they build on a long track record of putting customers first, understanding the evolving income and protection needs, and developing quality products to meet those needs.
Nassau provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Nassau’s 10-week, summer internship program in our Hartford, CT office prepares college students for careers on the cutting edge of insurance and asset management. This is an opportunity to learn more about a specific field or functional area within Risk Management while gaining valuable hands-on work experience. The program allows Nassau to build relationships with the top talent of the future.
Principal Duties And Responsibilities
- Perform a range of tasks across Nassau’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Department
- Build an understanding of all areas of Cybersecurity Risk including but not limited to Regulatory Compliance, Risk Assessments, Policy and Governance
- Conduct Business Continuity and Third-Party Cybersecurity Risk Assessments
- Gain exposure to how ERM provides risk support across the company
- Learn about and support in performing risk assessment and risk reporting
- Interact with other areas of the company and build new relationships
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Applicants should be pursuing a degree in Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or other related field
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Detail-oriented and solid decision-making skills
- Able to independently recognize and understand complex business issues
- Strong technology skills and use of various applications/software (Microsoft Office, etc.)
- Team player with the ability to work independently in fast-paced dynamic environment
- Knowledge of insurance and financial markets a plus
- Knowledge of Technology Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence a plus
Compensation
Nassau maintains a holistic compensation philosophy focused on competitive base salaries, performance driven incentives, and unique professional development opportunities. The combination of compensation, benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture along with related experiences is key to recruiting and retaining talent. Our compensation system is designed to reward performance, support development and job growth, and compensate individuals relative to their contribution to our organization. The base pay for this role is: $23/hr
Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Nassau Financial Group is a growth focused and digitally enabled financial services company with a fully integrated platform across insurance and asset management. Nassau was founded in 2015 and has grown to $1.6 billion in total adjusted capital, $24.8 billion in assets under management, and 365,000 policies and contracts as of March 31, 2025.
As part of a young and growing financial services enterprise, our employees are tapping into a new entrepreneurial spirit while they build on a long track record of putting customers first, understanding the evolving income and protection needs, and developing quality products to meet those needs.
Nassau provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Salary : $23
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