Graduate Opportunities recruitment
Towers Watson is an exciting place to begin your career. Along with a formal training programme, you'll gain valuable insights into the business needs of some of the world's most sophisticated organisations.
What we offer
Towers Watson provides Actuarial Consulting, Investment Consulting, Talent Rewards Consulting, General Consulting and Software Engineering career opportunities to goal-orientated individuals with outstanding academic achievement, intellect, and problem-solving and communication skills. If challenging work with first-class talent in a collaborative environment is what you’re interested in, working at Towers Watson will keep you energised and engaged.
With all of our graduate positions, you will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyse data, draw conclusions and present results. These experiences will help build your technical knowledge and overall industry expertise while you benefit from one of the industry’s most comprehensive actuarial training and development programmes.
We hire graduates and interns into our main business areas: Benefits, Risk and Financial Services (Investment and Risk Consulting Software) and Talent Rewards.
Actuarial Consulting
Towers Watson hires Actuarial and Investment Interns into two of our business areas: Benefits (Retirement and International) and Risk and Financial Services (Risk Consulting Software).
Retirement
Consultants in our retirement business support organisations worldwide in designing, managing, administering and communicating all types of retirement plans.
Risk Consulting and Software
Consultants in our Risk Consulting and Software business offer innovative consulting services that help insurers manage risk and capital, improve business performance and create competitive advantage.
International
As the largest team in the industry focused specifically on managing the challenges of our multinational clients, we advise on global, local and cross-border benefits and compensation issues.
Investment Consulting
As a leading investment consultant, we help organisations manage investment complexity, establish risk tolerance and improve governance.
Talent Rewards Consulting
Towers Watson recruits Talent Rewards Analysts into the following areas:
Executive Compensation - Our team helps organisations make sound decisions about how and how much to pay senior executives.
Rewards, Talent and Communication - We design and implement programs and processes that touch employees, managers and leaders day-to-day and influence their behaviour, level of engagement and performance.
Data, Surveys Technology - we design and administer employee surveys, and apply benchmark data and advanced analytics, to develop practical insights about improving employee engagement, shaping a high-performance culture and achieving optimal return on talent investments.
Some of the positions within Talent Rewards offer both a Spring 2012 and August 2012 start. Please see our website for further details.
Software Engineering
We are a preeminent developer of risk and financial modeling software. We combine the technical innovation and engineering expertise of our software professionals with the actuarial knowledge and thought leadership of our insurance consulting business to provide solutions that help clients measure value, manage risk and safeguard solvency.
Entry Requirements
We seek articulate, empathetic and intellectually curious graduates. Our work means that we are finding solutions for clients that have to be well tailored, meet their needs and that are adaptable to meet market conditions or changes in requirements. As a minimum when applying you should meet our entry criteria:
Actuarial
• 2:1 degree (gained or expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
• A numerate degree or an A or B grade in A-Level Maths (or equivalent)
OR
• 2:2 degree (gained or expected)
• 340 UCAS points
• A numerate degree
Investment
• 2:1 degree (gained or expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
• A numerate degree or an A or B grade in A-Level Maths (or equivalent)
Talent Rewards
Executive Compensation and Rewards, Talent Communication
• 2:1 degree (gained or expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Data, Surveys Technology
• 2:2 degree (gained or expected)
• 280 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Software Engineering
• 2:1 Degree (gained or expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 'A' levels)
• Degree in a Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical or analytic discipline with a reasonable understanding of Mathematics will be an advantage
INTERN OPPORTUNITIES
Our 6 week Internship Programme is designed for penultimate year students.
You will be treated in the same way as our new graduates receiving the same quality and quantity of work. It is the perfect opportunity to understand what you could expect if you joined our graduate programme the following year.
We hire graduates and interns into our main business areas: Benefits, Risk and Financial Services (Investment and Risk Consulting Software) and Talent Rewards.
Actuarial
Towers Watson hires Actuarial and Investment Interns into two of our business areas: Benefits (Retirement) and Risk and Financial Services (Risk Consulting Software).
Retirement
Consultants in our retirement business support organisations worldwide in designing, managing, administering and communicating all types of retirement plans.
Risk Consulting and Software
Consultants in our Risk Consulting and Software business offer innovative consulting services that help insurers manage risk and capital, improve business performance and create competitive advantage.
Investment
As a leading investment consultant, we help organisations manage investment complexity, establish risk tolerance and improve governance.
Talent Rewards
Towers Watson recruits Talent Rewards Interns into the following areas:
Executive Compensation - Our team helps organisations make sound decisions about how and how much to pay senior executives.
Rewards, Talent and Communication - We design and implement programs and processes that touch employees, managers and leaders day-to-day and influence their behaviour, level of engagement and performance.
Data, Surveys Technology - we design and administer employee surveys, and apply benchmark data and advanced analytics, to develop practical insights about improving employee engagement, shaping a high-performance culture and achieving optimal return on talent investments.
Software Engineering
We are a preeminent developer of risk and financial modeling software. We combine the technical innovation and engineering expertise of our software professionals with the actuarial knowledge and thought leadership of our insurance consulting business to provide solutions that help clients measure value, manage risk and safeguard solvency.
Entry Requirements
We seek articulate, empathetic and intellectually curious graduates. Our work means that we are finding solutions for clients that have to be well tailored, meet their needs and that are adaptable to meet market conditions or changes in requirements. As a minimum when applying you should meet our entry criteria:
Actuarial
• 2:1 degree (expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
• A numerate degree or an A or B grade in A-Level Maths (or equivalent)
OR
• 2:2 degree (expected)
• 340 UCAS points
• A numerate degree
Investment
• 2:1 degree (expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
• A numerate degree or an A or B grade in A-Level Maths (or equivalent)
Talent Rewards
Executive Compensation and Rewards, Talent Communication
• 2:1 degree (expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Data, Surveys Technology
• 2:2 degree (expected)
• 280 UCAS points (across 3 A-Levels)
Software Engineering
• 2:1 Degree (expected)
• 300 UCAS points (across 3 'A' levels)
• Degree in a Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical or analytic discipline with a reasonable understanding of Mathematics will be an advantage
For a full job specifications and further information about all our roles available, please see our website: www.towerswatson.com/graduate/uk