Standard Life: does its actuarial trainee scheme sponsor a UK visa?

Unconfirmed. Standard Life publishes no sponsorship policy for its actuarial trainee scheme, so we cannot state a firm answer. The Phoenix Group brand runs a rotational actuarial trainee scheme with a genuinely broad remit: rotations can cover investment strategy, product pricing, mortality experience analysis, risk modelling, financial reporting, capital and risk management, investment operations and commercial. Trainees get a fully supported study package with funding for revision materials and tutorials plus paid study leave towards fellowship of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a qualified mentor and an experienced student buddy already sitting the same exams. The academic bar is firm and specific: a 2:1 or above in an analytically based subject, plus an A grade at A level, Higher or equivalent in Mathematics. The application process is three steps, an online application, a telephone interview and an assessment centre. Standard Life also says it has locations all over the UK including Birmingham and Edinburgh and that candidates can specify where they want to be based.