Financial Accounting 1 year Internship Programme 2025

Application Deadline: 29 January 2025

Department: Rotational

Employment Type: Programme

Location: London, Pacific Life Re

Compensation: £30,000 / year

Description

Pacific Life Re Financial Accounting Internship Programme - London
Start Date - September 2025
£30,000 plus excellent benefits

This placement year opportunity is intended to take place between the second and last year of your university undergraduate degree.

Application deadline is Wednesday 29th January 2025, although we reserve the right to close the application deadline early.

Who are we?

Pacific Life Re is a global reinsurance company, working with clients in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. We specialise in providing our clients with innovative products and services for Life, Critical Illness, Income Protection, and Longevity. We have support and backing from our parent company, Pacific Life, which has been around for over 150 years.

Underlying our philosophy is an intelligent approach to taking risks. By being selective about our people and investing in the latest analytical technologies, we believe we are well-placed to make those decisions.

UnderwriteMe have been part of the PL Re Group since 2017. UnderwriteMe develop and market software products and services aimed at making life insurance more accessible by enabling the future of underwiting and distribution. The products are used by life insurance companies to automate underwriting and claims.

UnderwriteMe operates in the UK, Asia (through its Singapore Branch), Australia and New Zealand (via UnderwriteMe Australia) and the U.S. (via UnderwriteMe North America).

What are we offering?

We offer an internship which includes rotations between our Protection, Savings & Retirement, Divisional and UnderwriteMe finance and treasury teams, enabling you to gain well-rounded finance experience and develop a cross functional network within the business.

Should you succeed in your application, you will experience a dynamic hands-on work environment whilst building a comprehensive understandng of our finance functions and the services we provide to our clients. As a valued team member you will strive to deliver exceptional levels of professionalism.

For more information about what it's like to work here visit our website

If you have any further questions please email PLRe@connectr.com

What We're Looking For

We are looking for talented, ambitious and hard-working university students to join the team of financial accounting experts in our London office for a year-long placement. We pride ourselves on thinking differently, so we want people who are not afraid to challenge the norm.

To succeed in our Internship Programme, you need to be numerate and have the ability to analyse and interpret data. You need to be a collaborative team player, a strong communicator and possess an ability to build positive working relationships.

Minimum Requirements to apply for our programme are a B grade in A-level (or equivalent) Accounting, Economics, Business or Maths and a predicted 2:1 in an Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business undergraduate degree.

Supporting our People

Whilst we support flexible working arrangements, we believe that it is also importantto spend time in the office to foster better collaboration and stronger connections with colleagues. Our Smarter Working guidelines and Team Charters are designed to help everyone work effectively, whether at home or in the office.

Pacific Life Re’s vision is to have a culture that embraces Diversity and Inclusion; where everyone’s views and ideas are valued and where everyone has the same opportunity to fulfil their potential. We strongly believe it’s not just about adding diversity and educating our employees to draw on our differences to change our business, it’s about how well we are listening to – and learning from – the diversity that we already have within the business. We foster open conversations and we are actively training our employees, helping us to unite, learn and grow.

Application deadline 29th January 2025
Candidate telephone interviews will take place 10th-19th February 2025
Successful candidates will be invited to an Assessment Day at the London office on Thursday 6th March 2025.

What We're Looking For

Supporting our People

About Pacific Life Re