Early Careers: Health and Benefits Internship (Summer 2027) - Calgary

WTW; Calgary; On-site; CAD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

WTW group in Calgary is seeking an Health and Benefits Intern to support actuarial projects and plan management tasks. You will work with consultants, actuaries and analysts on renewal analyses, pricing, and vendor evaluations while developing your technical knowledge.

This role offers exposure to client work, data analysis and solution presentation, with opportunities to learn under senior professionals in a leading health and benefits practice.

Qualifications

• Progress towards a Bachelor’s degree in risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics or related field with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Work experience demonstrating strong technical and client service skills (analyst or client service internship preferred).
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Passion for solving problems and sharing solutions to exceed client expectations.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills for handling multiple projects on timelines.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide support on plan management and actuarial projects.
• Perform renewal analyses, financial analyses, and budgeting projections.
• Analyze vendor products, services, and contracts.
• Design, distribute, and evaluate survey responses and RFPs.
• Coordinate plan management activities with clients.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Teamwork

Education

Pursuing Bachelor's degree in risk management/actuarial science/math/economics or related field; GPA 3.0

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Office

Job description

Description

Note: Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.

Create your future.Our Health and Benefits business helps large and mid-size employers control soaring health and welfare plan costs, improve health outcomes and promote employee engagement through broad-based, state-of-the-art interventions. We provide solutions encompassing creative plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, and legal compliance and governance strategies. We also provide specialty consulting services including clinical/health management program design, pharmacy solutions, disability/absence management strategies and claims audit services. Product based solutions such as our pharmacy purchasing coalition round out our broad-based suite of offerings.

Explore an opportunity.As a Health and Benefits Intern, you will work beside some of the industry’s top strategic consultants while you progress toward becoming a thought leader of the future. You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and present results. These experiences will help build your technical knowledge and overall industry expertise.

Love your work.You will partner with consultants, actuaries and analysts to provide support on plan management and actuarial projects through:

• Performing renewal analysis and negotiation, financial analyses and budget projections, including developing pricing for alternative design features, creating employee contribution strategies, modelling plan design alternatives, and calculating reserves
• Completing actuarial work through assumption studies, claims analyses and supporting with post-retirement and post-employment valuations and accounting
• Analyzing and comparing vendor products, services, and contracts
• Designing, distributing, and evaluating qualitative and quantitative responses to surveys and RFPs
• Plan Management activities requiring coordination with our clients

Qualifications

About you.

• Progress towards a Bachelors degree in risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics or any other major with significant quantitative course work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
• Work experience that demonstrates strong technical and client service skills (analyst or client service type of internship preferred)
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Passion for and ability to solve problems and share solutions to exceed the expectations of the client
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills to effectively manage a variety of projects within a specified timeline
• Ability to be a self-starter and work independently, but also cooperatively in a close team environment
• Accepting applications from candidates that graduate with a Bachelor’s degree between August 2027 through June 2028

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer