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Location: Edinburgh Contract Type:Permanent Working style:Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing date: 20th October 2025 Are you a graduate with strong numerical skills and a keen interest in financial modelling risk analysis and data-driven decision-making Our Actuarial Trainee role offers the perfect launchpad for your actuarial career. As part of ourFinance & Actuarialfunction youll gain hands-on experience supporting actuarial analysis reporting and project work while progressing through theCore stages of actuarial qualification. Youll be part of a collaborative team contributing to business-critical tasks and developing your technical and professional skills. This entry-level role is ideal for graduates with fewer than four actuarial exam passes offering hands-on experience in actuarial analysis reporting and project work. Youll be supported by experienced mentors and a structured study programme as you progress towards professional qualification. What youll gain • Starting salary of 31000 per annum plus bonus with further increments on successful completion of exams, • Generous pension (up to 14% matching) and life assurance (up to x8 salary), • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days, • Private medical insurance as well as 24/7 confidential access to health legal and financial advice, • Robust training and support to guide you towards Fellowship status with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), • Great career development beyond the end of the programme, • Amazing office facilities with hybrid working About the role Were an actuarial business at our core and youll be at the centre of the action helping us make some of the biggest decisions for us and our fact many of our group executive and senior leadership teams started their career on an actuarial programme just like you. Youll complete a number of assignments of around eighteen-months each translating complex financial or mathematical insight into outcomes that deliver for our customers. You could be working on everything from valuation (modelling) and pricing through to assessing risk on climate change or analysing mergers and acquisition opportunities. Alongside each of your assignments youll receive funded study support towards a professional qualification with the IFoA. Depending on your educational background and any exemptions this can be done in three years. For others this can be a much longer-term commitment. We offer best in class study support which includes generous study allowance and support with materials exam costs and other things. Weve run this programme for decades and have a great track record of coaching and supporting people like you through this. What skills and experience do I need • Qualified graduate and able to start no later than September 2026., • You dont need to have studied actuarial science finance or even a highly numerical discipline. We just ask that you are analytical and numerical with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills., • It would be great if you had some experience of coding data visualisation and AI but this is not essential., • Ability to identify articulate and communicate the key conclusions from analysis in simple terms, • Intellectually curious adaptable to change and not afraid to share new ideas and question the status quo, • Proactive driven to succeed and able to deliver multiple projects concurrently, • Excellent verbal and written English language skills with the ability to build relationships and engage with stakeholders across the business What else do I need to know Your application should include a short cover letter telling us why youre well suited to the role at Royal London. Were hiring Actuarial Trainees in Edinburgh and Alderley Park. Please apply only for your preferred location you can make clear on your cover letter if you are happy to consider the other location. Exact dates are still to be confirmed but if youre selected youll need to make yourself available for an on-site assessment centre. This is likely to be at the beginning of February 2026. At Royal London we believe your difference is our strength and our organisation benefits from the different perspectives that diversity brings. Studies have shown that people from under-represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. So if youre excited about this role but your past experience isnt a perfect fit with the job description we encourage you to apply anyway as you may be the right candidate for this or other opportunities. Our expectation is that colleagues will come into the office for 50% of their time. This hybrid model is built around our mutual mindset thinking about what is good for us as individuals (the me) and in the context of what is right for our customers our colleagues and the wider Royal London Group (the we). About Royal London Were the UKs largest mutual life pensions and investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our ___

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