Advanced Analytics Summer Internship, Actuarial – Short Hills, NJ (Hybrid)

Overview

The Advanced Analytics department is responsible for creating descriptive and prescriptive statistics and models to support the operational functions of the organization. This includes providing guidance on suspected fraud, opportunities to recover claims paid, expected probability of issuing a policy, marketing statistics and targeting, as well as many other areas.

This is a hybrid position, therefore, applicants must be within commuting distance of our Short Hills, NJ location.

Responsibilities

As a summer intern, you will work directly with experienced data scientists to gain hands-on, relevant experience. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Identifying analytical solutions to a business problem
• Exploring data trends to identify drivers of the targeted metric
• Creation of predictive models to support the analytical solution
• Evaluating the performance of new or existing models
• Evaluating new machine learning, AI and generative AI technologies
• Presenting findings to our business partners to obtain acceptance of implementing the solutions

Qualifications

Knowledge and Requirements

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Critical thinking and analytical skills required; you will be identifying solutions to a problem, not simply executing existing solutions
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Beginner level of experience with Python. Higher levels of expertise greatly preferred
• Experience with SQL language a plus
• Working towards or have obtained a degree in an analytical field such as mathematics, statistics, data science, machine learning or computer science

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma required
• Ideal internship candidates will be full-time undergraduate college Juniors or Seniors, with the ability to perform at a professional level

Pay

USD $22.00 - USD $25.00 /Hr.