Actuarial Intern (Fall/Spring)

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Join MetLife's Retirement & Income Solutions team and help shape the future of financial security for millions. As the trusted market leader in institutional retirement, you'll contribute to delivering $5.5 billion in annual benefits payments to almost one million retirees and beneficiaries. Here, you'll work with annuities, risk solutions, and stable value products that help companies reduce risk and maintain financial strength while empowering individuals to retire with confidence. Join us to help solve today's most complex retirement challenges and make a lasting impact on our customers' lives.
The Opportunity
This role is for a Fall/Spring (academic year) virtual internship NOT a summer internship.
The Actuarial Intern gains valuable exposure to the actuarial profession throughout the school year while learning how actuaries contribute to business strategy and financial decision-making. In this flexible, part-time role, the intern develops an understanding of key actuarial functions, industry trends, and the evolving insurance and risk management landscape. The experience also provides insight into the growing influence of analytics, innovation, and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, on actuarial work. Through practical learning opportunities, the intern strengthens technical skills and builds a solid professional foundation for a future actuarial career.
As part of the application for this role, you will fill out a form asking your location preference; please enter 'N/a' for location preference/relocation related questions as this is a fully remote role.
Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to meaningful actuarial projects in areas that may include pricing and product development, reserve calculations, actuarial modeling, financial analysis, asset liability management, or investments.
• Collaborate with experienced actuaries across different areas of actuarial practice.
• Prepare and present completed projects and business contributions to actuarial leaders and stakeholders.

• Participate in professional development opportunities and team meetings during the school year.

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university pursuing a degree in actuarial science or a quantitative, technical, business, or similar field of study relevant to actuarial practice.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Strong Excel skills with experience using pivot tables, advanced formulas, data validation, lookup functions, and data analysis techniques.
• Strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze data and translate findings into actionable business insights.
• Leadership experience, strong written and verbal communication skills, and a record of self-motivation and initiative.
• Interest in learning and adapting programming languages, data analysis tools, and/or emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a master's degree program at an accredited college or university.
• Successful completion of one or more Society of Actuaries (SOA) exams.
• Experience with Python, R, SQL, SAS, VBA or similar programming languages.
• Familiarity with AI and emerging technologies, including the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance analytical work, research, data analysis, and business decision-making.
• Interest in pursuing an actuarial career as demonstrated through understanding of the profession, career preparation activities, exam achievements, relevant coursework, extracurricular involvement, internships, networking, and long-term career goals.

The expected salary range for this position is $32.00-34.00 / Hour.
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.
This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 30 days from the listed posting date.