A curated roadmap of key graduate programmes, vacation work, and exploration opportunities for actuarial students in South Africa for the 2026 to 2027 intake.
A two-year rotational programme for actuarial and quantitative students across analytics, risk, and quant roles.
Requirements: Currently registered for a post-graduate qualification in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Maths, Engineering or related quantitative fields.
Recruitment Timeline: Opens May–June 2026 for 2027 intake.
Insight programme introducing final-year actuarial students to Nedbank’s quant roles, culture, and values.
Requirements: Final-year undergraduate or post-graduate student in Actuarial Science or related quantitative degree.
Recruitment Timeline: Opens August 2026.
Opportunity for final-year actuarial students to gain consulting experience, attend workshops, and complete a guided research project.
Requirements: Final-year actuarial students.
Recruitment Timeline: Info released June 2026; deadlines typically October.
Three-year programme offering rotations across actuarial and quantitative finance fields.
Requirements: Honours or final-year actuarial students.
Recruitment Timeline: Applications open April 2026.
Structured actuarial consulting programme focusing on insurance solutions and analytics.
Requirements: BSc/BBSc in Actuarial Science or Financial Maths (postgrad preferred), minimum 5 ASSA exemptions.
Recruitment Timeline: March–April 2026; deadlines in May.
Graduate programme leveraging advanced quantitative techniques in financial services, risk, and valuation.
Requirements: Honours or higher in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or relevant quantitative degree.
Recruitment Timeline: Applications open March–May each year.
Three-year pathway to becoming a qualified actuary, with strong study support and exposure to Life, General Insurance, and Pensions.
Requirements: BSc, B.Bus.Sci or BCom in Actuarial Science or related quantitative degree.
Recruitment Timeline: Opens May 2026 for 2027 intake.
Two-year development programme giving exposure to multiple business areas for final-year, Honours, or Masters students.
Requirements: Actuarial Science, Mathematical Stats, Financial Risk, Engineering, or related quantitative degree.
Recruitment Timeline: Applications open February–March 2026 for 2027 intake.
Virtual programme introducing final-year actuarial students to real industry tasks and professional practice.
Recruitment Timeline: Applications open September–October for the January intake.
A directory of leading companies in South Africa that hire actuarial graduates, analysts, trainees, and qualified actuaries across insurance, banking, consulting and financial services.
Global professional services firm with a dedicated Actuarial, Risk & Quants (ARQ) team offering consulting, graduate programmes and vacation work.
Professional services firm with a strong Actuarial & Insurance Solutions (AIS) division focused on insurance consulting, modelling and analytics.
Major consultancy with actuarial roles across Life, General Insurance, Pensions and financial risk management.
Actuarial, quantitative and risk consulting roles within financial services and advanced analytics teams.
Insurance and financial services group with strong actuarial, pricing and analytics teams across health, life and investments.
Leading insurer offering actuarial careers in life insurance, risk modelling, pricing and product development.
Direct insurer with actuarial and analytics teams specialising in pricing, reserving and portfolio management.
Digital insurer using modern actuarial models, automation and advanced analytics for innovative pricing and risk management.
Major financial services group with actuarial teams across life insurance, investments, pensions and enterprise risk.
Multinational banking group employing actuaries within insurance, risk management and capital modelling teams.
Leading bank with actuarial and quantitative teams across credit risk, pricing, analytics and modelling.
Large financial institution with actuarial functions in insurance, risk analytics, capital modelling and data science.