Early Careers: Health and Benefits Internship (Summer 2027) - Calgary

Job summary

The intern will support consultants and actuaries with plan management, financial analysis, and actuarial projects. Responsibilities include performing renewal analysis, modeling plan design alternatives, and coordinating with clients on various health and benefit strategies.

Job details

Please submit a CV/resume, and official/unofficial transcript in 1 PDF with your application. Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. Create your future. Our Health and Benefits business helps large and mid-size employers control soaring health and welfare plan costs, improve health outcomes and promote employee engagement through broad-based, state-of-the-art interventions. We provide solutions encompassing creative plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, and legal compliance and governance strategies. We also provide specialty consulting services including clinical/health management program design, pharmacy solutions, disability/absence management strategies and claims audit services. Product based solutions such as our pharmacy purchasing coalition round out our broad-based suite of offerings. Explore an opportunity. As a Health and Benefits Intern, you will work beside some of the industry’s top strategic consultants while you progress toward becoming a thought leader of the future. You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and present results. These experiences will help build your technical knowledge and overall industry expertise. Love your work. You will partner with consultants, actuaries and analysts to provide support on plan management and actuarial projects through: Performing renewal analysis and negotiation, financial analyses and budget projections, including developing pricing for alternative design features, creating employee contribution strategies, modelling plan design alternatives, and calculating reserves Completing actuarial work through assumption studies, claims analyses and supporting with post-retirement and post-employment valuations and accounting Analyzing and comparing vendor products, services, and contracts Designing, distributing, and evaluating qualitative and quantitative responses to surveys and RFPs Plan Management activities requiring coordination with our clients Qualifications About you. Progress towards a Bachelors degree in risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics or any other major with significant quantitative course work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 Work experience that demonstrates strong technical and client service skills (analyst or client service type of internship preferred) Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint Excellent oral and written communication skills Passion for and ability to solve problems and share solutions to exceed the expectations of the client Exceptional project management and organizational skills to effectively manage a variety of projects within a specified timeline Ability to be a self-starter and work independently, but also cooperatively in a close team environment Accepting applications from candidates that graduate with a Bachelor’s degree between August 2027 through June 2028 The Application-Interview Process: Step 1: Online application, including resume/CV and academic transcript Step 2: Online assessments and Video Interview Step 3: Interview(s) with hiring manager and team Step 4: Offer and onboarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in the process to screen, assess, or select applicants for a position but all final decisions and determinations are made exclusively by authorized human personnel. This job posting is an advertisement for an existing vacancy. We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@willistowerswatson.com. Equal Opportunity Employer

What you’ll do

The intern will support consultants and actuaries with plan management, financial analysis, and actuarial projects. Responsibilities include performing renewal analysis, modeling plan design alternatives, and coordinating with clients on various health and benefit strategies.

Requirements

Candidates must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as actuarial science, mathematics, or economics with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Applicants should possess strong technical skills in Microsoft Office and demonstrate excellent communication and project management abilities.

Listed skills

• Financial analysis · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Communication Skills · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Data analytics
• Actuarial science
• Financial analysis
• Budget projections
• Pricing strategies
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Project management
• Communication skills
• Risk management
• Vendor evaluation
• Legal compliance
• Pharmacy solutions
• Claims audit
• Problem solving
• Teamwork
• Data Analysis
• Project Management
• Communication
• Management
• Coordinating
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Organizational Skills
• Microsoft Office
• Consulting
• Program Design
• Negotiation
• Economics
• Customer Service
• Auditing
• Request For Proposal
• Self-Starter
• Creativity
• Mathematics
• Thought Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Statistics
• Employee Engagement
• Imagination
• Accounting
• Purchasing
• Governance and Compliance Strategy

Job areas

• Consulting
• Finance & Accounting
• Healthcare
• Data & Analytics
• Management & Leadership
• Health and Benefits Analyst
• Actuary
• Mathematicians, Actuaries and Statisticians
• Actuaries

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