Metropolitan South Africa Graduate Recruitment Programme 2012

Have you made a calculated decision that you are committed to a career in life insurance?

This is your chance to develop whilst learning from a group of actuaries in a challenging and inspiring environment. Using your mathematical and statistical skills, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to develop your talents in a variety of actuarial spheres. In order to do this, we choose the best and invest heavily in them. Our exceptional level of encouragement, opportunity and support includes:

Our on-the-job training to help you gain breadth as well as depth of knowledge and build a portfolio of valuable, transferable skills.
Support for your professional exams to become fully qualified, with bonuses and pay rises to go with it.
Movement throughout the Group via our 3 year Actuarial Job Rotation Programme you’ll work in different teams and businesses and experience different clients and new projects. This will all help you develop along a path that fits your goals as well as the ever-changing needs of our business.
Increased responsibility as soon as you qualify.

The applicant should meet these requirements:

You’ll need to be a South African citizen with a Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, having achieved a minimum of 4 CT/A Series exemptions by the time you graduate.
As well as experience of using MS Office, you’ll ideally have the ability to code in VB.
Competencies

We’re after the very best. That means a strong mix of intellect and employability skills:

Other than your educational qualifications, we’ll be looking for you to show us an analytical approach, an eye for detail and the adaptability to work in multi-skilled teams, along with:
Flexibility: to deal positively with changing priorities, workloads and balancing work/study life
Curiosity: to help you learn, share and innovate
Team-working skills: so you can contribute to and drive our success
Courage and integrity: to help you take on challenges and do the right thing by your clients and colleagues
Business acumen and Commercial awareness: so you’re always up to speed with the latest business thinking and trends
How to apply
Please send a full CV, with a copy of your latest academic transcripts to [email protected].

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 28 September 2012