Careers in finance and investment

Finance and investment actuaries work in a wide range of roles for many different types of employers.

Investment actuaries work in areas such as investment management, investment consulting, investment banking and retail financial advice. Actuaries bring strong analytical skills to these roles and have a deep understanding of how assets interact with liabilities which is particularly important in managing or advising on the assets backing insurance or pensions liabilities. Finance actuaries work in areas such as financial reporting, capital management, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Actuaries bring strong understanding of financial issues in insurers and other financial institutions allowing them to hold senior management or advisory roles. 

Finance and investment interact closely with all other actuarial practice areas so strong communication and engagement skills are very important.

The F&I Board aims to promote actuaries already working in this practice area and to support the transition of those from more traditional actuarial roles. This careers page provides a number of profiles of actuaries working in Finance and Investments (F&I) across a range of roles; this may indicate what a career in F&I might look like, how actuarial skills can be applied to this practice area and the path to there.

Please also visit the IFoA Finance and Investment Community on LinkedIn.