Welcome to Canada Life's Career Centre
Our Graduate Programme
At Canada Life, we want graduates with enthusiasm and commitment. You don't necessarily need a Business or Finance qualification. All graduates who are interested in an expanding sector of the financial services industry are welcome to apply. Canada Life Europe has an ongoing demand for German speaking graduates.
Canada Life offers a number of exciting opportunities that will allow you to develop a good knowledge of the industry and provide you with a rewarding and challenging career. You will have the opportunity to move across disciplines and progress within the organisation as your own interests and talents emerge. Each year we recruit up to 20 graduates throughout the year.
Graduate opportunities typically exist in the following areas: Actuarial, Administration, Existing Business, Customer Services, Pensions, Underwriting, New Business, Sales, Information Technology and Finance.
Positions may also arise from time to time in Marketing, Human Resources, Legal, Investments and Reinsurance.
To help you decide which area might be of the most interest to you here is an outline of some key functions.
Actuarial
We have a comprehensive Actuarial Training Programme in place that includes:
● Fees for exams and materials
● Institute membership
● Excellent study leave
● Rotation between departments to ensure you gain wide experience
Corporate Actuarial is responsible for the finances of both the Irish and German divisions including profit reporting and forecasting, capital management and regulatory reporting.
Product Development is responsible for developing new Life and Pensions products for Ireland and Germany; improving existing product offerings and ensuring that our Sales and Customer Service Teams in both Irish and German markets understand all product offerings.
Actuarial Services is involved in a wide range of existing business and technical product support issues.
Finance is responsible for financial reporting, accounting, business analysis and planning, investment services, audit and tax.
Existing Business deploys people and organisational skills to deliver a superior service to our customers and sales channels. Continuous process improvement methodology is used to ensure that service meets and exceeds customer expectations.
Customer Services provides technical information, handles general enquiries and issues new business quotations to our customers and sales channels. Customer Services is actively involved in the development of new initiatives, allowing plenty of opportunity for interaction with other departments in Canada Life on a variety of company projects.
Group Pensions is responsible for the administration of a portfolio of Pension schemes. This involves dealing with all aspects of the schemes, from initial inception through to the eventual payment of retirement claims.
Underwriting decides the premium rate for policies, evaluating whether the level of risk associated with certain medical factors require an extra premium and adjusting premiums accordingly.
New Business is responsible for issuing new Life, Pensions, Saving and Investment policies, dealing with all policies once they have been underwritten and liasing directly with our sales channels and other departments to ensure timely processing of all applications.
If you would like to apply for a graduate position in Canada Life, please click on the Actuarial Strawberry above and apply online.
