Actuary - career development

As an actuary, you’ll use your business and mathematics skills to provide clients with financial forecasts and investment opportunities. Learn more about a career as an actuary, find out what it involves and what you’ll need to study and do to get a role.

Find out how you'll build skills and experience below.

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How will your actuary career progress?

You might start your actuary career as a trainee or risk analyst while continuing to study to become a qualified actuary. Qualification usually takes between three and six years.

You could then continue to study to a more advanced fellowship level or specialise in an area like pensions or investments.

What opportunities are there for career development?

A career in actuary is often quite flexible and you may specialise in one area before changing to another later. For example, enterprise risk management is a developing area for senior actuaries to transfer to.

Professional organisations you might join include the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

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