2026 Actuarial Graduate Roles

Application Deadline: 14 November 2025

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Programme

Location: Various- see description

Description

We are proud to be a leading independent UK professional services consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment, and insurance with a team of around 1800 colleagues in nine offices around the UK and we are growing!! We were recognised as being one of the ‘best places to work in the UK’ in 2022 and 2023 and those who join us tend to stay, thriving in a professional learning environment and caring culture.   
We develop teams who give and welcome different opinions, views and cultural perspectives and building on our culture of doing the right thing. We want everyone at BW to feel they can bring their whole self to work, confident they are included and respected and work together to build an inclusive and diverse working environment.  
The supportive structure we have in place will help you manage your work/life balance, which is why our study support package and dedicated training team are always on hand for guidance throughout our graduate programme and beyond.

Locations:
Amersham
Birmigham
Bristol
Cheltenham
Glasgow

Please give full consideration to your choice of location and please only apply for your first choice. 
If you do apply for multiple locations, we’ll only consider you for the one you’ve applied for first.

Key Responsibilities

All of our graduates get early opportunities to work directly with clients and plenty of training to develop their technical, communication and problem-solving skills. Some of the tasks you can get involved in as a Trainee Consultant working across our Actuarial and Employer Consulting teams include: 
1) A variety of actuarial services to defined benefit pension schemes, such as: 

• actuarial calculations 
• processing and validating data for actuarial valuations 
• working with consultants to assess the objectives and requirements of clients 
• preparing draft client reports and advice 
• attending client meetings and taking an active role in presentations 

2) Supporting our corporate team on a wide range of areas. 
3) Opportunities to be involved in building up our capabilities in other exciting areas of the firm. 
Our trainee consultants develop a broad, transferable skillset which covers both technical and consulting matters. You will also have opportunities to work on a wide range of projects and to develop your softer skills. 
Alongside the on-the-job training you will have full study support comprising of study leave, financial support, and a study mentor – we want you to succeed with us! 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Our current graduate vacancies require a minimum 2:1 degree, A at A-Level or Higher Maths and Level 6 at GCSE English Language or B at Scottish National 5, (or other equivalent qualifications), we require dedicated individuals with a strong academic background who are dynamic, proactive and have excellent communication skills.