Vacationer Program | SR&T | Actuarial

Job Requisition ID: 40375 

• Work and learn from our global network of industry leaders and experts
• Get involved in real client work that’s meaningful and purpose-led, developing and building your skills along the way
• Impress us during your placement and you could secure a coveted Graduate Program offer

Are you curious about where a career in Actuaries could take you?

At Deloitte, our Actuarial team works on real challenges that matter and now more than ever, our world needs a new perspective. We believe that working with broader professionals to address customer and client issues is what is required of modern-day actuarial advisers. It requires bright minds, bold ambition and boundless passion. Someone like you!

Our Vacationer Program is a paid summer internship (4 weeks) offering real client exposure, project work, and structured onboarding. You’ll have a dedicated buddy, access to networking and social events, and the opportunity to be considered for an early Graduate offer.

Program dates: November 2026 – February 2027 

Duration: 4 weeks

Program type: Paid summer internship 

Location: Sydney

Eligibility: Penultimate-year students and PR or Citizen of Australia or NZ Citizen 

About the team 

Our clients and their customers face new opportunities and challenges in a world of accelerating economic, social, regulatory, and technological disruption. Our actuarial practice delivers transformational services and solutions to help our clients adapt and thrive through this disruption. 

Our actuarial team responds to change and shapes the agenda for the future of business. Combining the talents of our teams, we work together to solve the biggest challenges and create new opportunities for our clients. 

Our supportive and diverse actuarial services team has 4 interesting focus areas:

1. Insurance Advisory – work with insurance sector clients that provide end-to-end quantitative solutions, including strategic advice, product pricing, financial and operational risk modelling, capital optimisation, audit and assurance services, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Our clients span across various insurers including life insurers, general insurers and public sector indemnity and protection schemes – from the “big 4” general insurers offering all classes of insurance through to small niche providers offering customer specific insurance needs.

2. Banking Advisory – leverages our actuarial expertise to provide comprehensive advisory services to retail and institutional banks, as well as government lending bodies. Our team specialises in quantitative risk analytics, covering credit risk, market risk, liquidity, and treasury support.

3. Superannuation & Investment Advisory – provide strategic and quantitative advisory services to superannuation and investment fund managers. This role offers the opportunity to serve a diverse range of institutional clients, including asset managers, super funds, wealth managers, charities, sovereign wealth funds, and insurers.

4. Superannuation & Investment Technology – offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation, utilising emerging technologies and strategies to deliver meaningful results to the investment management industry.

Degrees: Actuarial Studies/Science (highly preferred), Business, Commerce, Data Analytics, Finance, Information Technology, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Science, Artificial Intelligence 

What will your typical day look like?

Step into a dynamic environment where you’ll learn from experts, tackle real challenges, and grow your skills in a supportive team. Depending on the team and project, you could:

• Apply your analytical skills in a dynamic environment, working on impactful projects that drive financial performance and client success.

• Leverage technologies such as R, Python, and machine learning algorithms to derive actionable insights to help provide meaning to institutions across the globe.

• Engage in retail banking product development, pricing strategies, and customer analytics.

• Strategic assessments, investment model design, investment manager selection, fund mergers, regulatory responses, retirement calculators, and defined benefit calculations.

• Specialise in areas including technology and data architecture, tender management, investment data management and technology operation model design and review. 

• Given the opportunity to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, enhancing your strategic thinking, technical capabilities and problem-solving skills.

You won’t be expected to know everything from day one. You’ll be supported through structured learning, feedback, and collaboration.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you. 

We’re seeking penultimate-year students to join our vacationer program. As a naturally curious, bright, ambitious and hard-working student, you’ll also:    

• Be studying a relevant degree that matches the degree type (above).
• Have a unique approach to problem-solving with combination of a logical thinking and creativity 

• Be an excellent communicator – articulate and possess strong writing skills   

• Love being part of a team and working collaboratively   

• Be an Australian permanent resident or Australian/New Zealand Citizen 

Why Deloitte? 

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on engaging and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating, and setting the standard, making a positive difference for our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether that means advancing, moving into something new, or even relocating across the world.    

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with diverse experiences, gender identities, abilities, and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion, so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.   

We support flexibility and choice. We encourage you to find the right balance between connecting in person with your clients and teams and meeting your own personal needs. 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and a return-to-work support package.   

Next Steps 

Sounds like the sort of opportunity for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you! 

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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.