Hello all, welcome to the third edition of Grad:Focus. Below are some upcoming career opportunities, including internships and graduation schemes!
Verisk Analytics Sales Intern - 2025 Summer Internship Program
Location: London
Dates: June - August 2025
The role:
Conduct immersive customer and/or industry research, analyse data, and develop innovative future programs to benefit our customers.
Participate in detail-oriented risk or financial initiatives for our global company and/ or our clients.
Engage customers directly to explore market opportunities and participate as part of the sales team.
Build professional relationships with other interns, coworkers and customers while offering support across business units.
New technologies, including Microsoft access, excel, sql, and more.
Requirements:
Collaborative, well rounded, passionate, strong work ethic.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to problem-solve and work independently on projects.
Enrolled in bachelors or masters program
A history of tackling projects with a quantitative lens, and a desire for data-driven insights.
Interest or past experience in insurance is helpful, though not required.
Technical skill requirements vary depending on the position. Include your technical skillset on your resume
At a minimum, you should have Microsoft excel as a foundation.
Moody’s Ratings And Research Support Summer Intern - Financial Institutions Group
Location: London
Dates: 16/6/25 - 22/8/25
The role:
Participate in case studies designed to further analytical understanding
Work on various analytical, research, data, process related projects
Collect data and identify trends to support well-thought-out credit conclusions
Prepare financial documents, charts, and presentations
Responsible for monitoring media outlets for news regarding special projects or portfolios
Provide analytical and research support to the rating teams
Contribute to the creation of high-quality research publications
Requirements:
Good accounting or statistics background (e.g., through coursework, CFA (or equivalent) may be required for some, but not all teams)
Strong analytical skills
Proficient in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Excellent verbal, and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and handle workflow, to adapt to a changing environment, and prioritise tasks accordingly
Strong organisational skills, analytical thinking, and attention to detail
Fluency in English is essential and additional European languages - French or Italian - are much preferred for the role
Students matriculating through college, studying towards a Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent qualification, or a Master’s Degree, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Political Economy, International Relations, Statistics, or another quantitative field
The successful Summer Intern can aspire to receive an offer to join Moody's as an Ratings Associate after they graduate.
Booz Allen Hamilton Women in Business, Audit, Centre of Excellence, National, 2025
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Dates: 14/04/25-16/04/25
The role:
Engage in specialist learning, discussing pensions reporting and financial statements with Finance Directors of major clients
Provide expert advice and support to colleagues and management
Choose to work within our broader Audit practice or deepen your expertise within the CoE
Gain your Chartered Accountancy qualification
Requirements:
On track to complete an undergraduate degree in any subject, based on your most recent academic grades.
Eligibility includes first-year undergraduates on a three-year degree course or second-year undergraduates on a four-year degree course.
Gain the opportunity to be considered for a 2026 Summer Internship. Many of our summer internship participants receive graduate role offers.
Beazley Underwriting UK Graduate Programme
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Deadline: 30/11/24
The role:
Participate in training rotations across your chosen division’s Underwriting and Business Management functions.
Following the successful completion of the programme, you will move into a full-time Underwriter role within your chosen division.
The divisions include cyber, digital, property, specialty, and marine, accident & political (MAP):
Also work on development and progression pathways specific to your chosen programme.
Be supported to achieve you CII Diploma whilst on programme, and achieve the ‘Insurance Professional’ standard qualification.
Get a final placement role personalised to them and their development.
Requirements:
2:2 degree or above in any discipline, any university.
Hymans Robertson Summer Internship Programme
Deadline: 30/11/24
Dates: 7/25-08/25
Location: London, Birmingham
The role:
Be aligned to one of our Business Areas (either Actuarial Private, Investment DB, Defined Contribution Consulting, or Insurance & Financial Services)
Help our consultants use data to help businesses make decisions to positively impact the lives of their employees.
Provide analysis of large data sets to formulate and present advice for clients
Gain an understanding of how to work with data modelling tools and software
Be given an individual project to work on, aligned to your business unit, and present your findings
Requirements:
Penultimate year student
Ability to work well with numbers
Those who do well throughout it can be offered a space on our graduate programme for the following year
DLA Piper 2025 UK Summer Internship
Deadline: 31/12/24
Dates: 06/25-07/25
Location: Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield
The role:
Join a forward-looking, friendly team while collaborating with colleagues around the world
Develop your knowledge and skills through structured learning and development opportunities
Be supported by a strong network of supervisors, buddies, and mentors to develop your confidence and identify your own personal and professional goals
Be part of an international early careers community full of talented colleagues who’ll become part of your global network
Explore interests beyond your role, including legal tech, sustainability and pro bono work
Requirements:
Have an interest in international law and business
Have a forward-thinking and entrepreneurial mindset and will be excited about doing things differently in the legal industry;
Be self-motivated by a strong desire to achieve your personal and professional goals;
Enjoy collaborating with others and will be instinctively socially aware;
Have a growth mindset so you see setbacks as learning opportunities, and you’ll proactively look for ways to grow and develop;
Enjoy working in an ever-changing environment; and
Enjoy taking ownership of tasks and thinking critically.
Once you've completed your internship, you could be offered a place on the international training programme
Location: London
Dates: 14/07/25-17/07/26
Opportunity to learn and immerse yourself in what it means to be a good HR professional across three key HR and talent functions, each with unique responsibilities.
Talent Development
Organisational development, performance management, succession planning and learning and development
Support the Talent Development Business Partners, in programme and project delivery
Build productive relationships with key internal stakeholders and third party training providers
Organise executive coaching assignments where necessary for our management and leadership teams
Coordinate our annual Corporate Core Curriculum training to support our employees’ career progress
Help organise our Early Careers Programme to support the development of our future talent pipeline
Talent Acquisition (Campus)
Use different sourcing tools to find niche talent in a variety of markets
Work with our Campus team to support university events, students and societies, and internship programmes
Ensure an exceptional candidate experience for all who interact with G-Research
Assist in running diversity focused programmes, such as STEMettes
Core HR
Serve as the primary point of contact for HR and benefits queries, ensuring prompt, accurate, and professional responses
Guide HR projects
Prepare HR documents, ensuring they adhere to company standards and serve the needs of employees
Ensure accuracy in billing and timely processing
Build effective relationships with third-party benefits providers, ensuring seamless benefits administration and issue resolution
Analyse common queries and issues, and identify opportunities to improve internal processes or employee communication strategies
Marketing and Communications
Support with website content curation and posting, including blogs and job adverts
Drafting and delivering internal communications to our people across a range of channels
Support with social media curation, posting and monitoring
Sourcing and liaising with suppliers to deliver and replenish marketing materials and merchandise, including branded hoodies and office posters
Supporting both our internal and external events programmes, including on-the-day assistance
Requirements:
Enrolled on a sandwich degree with a graduation date in 2027
Strong interest in Human Resources
Be studying a Sandwich Year degree in a transferable subject, such as Social Sciences, Business Studies, Organisational Psychology
Be highly organised, motivated and eager to learn
Have strong grades at either A-levels or BTEC
Dates: 07/24 (12 weeks)
The role:
Opportunity to learn the PR ropes within a supportive and close-knit team
Requirements:
Applicants must already have some experience working within a PR agency, which is why we also offer short work experience placements
Previous interns have gone on to become permanent members of the Motive team.
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