Accounting Summer Internship

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Do you want to discover more about careers that will excite, challenge and inspire you? If so, a Zurich summer insurance internship could be just what you're looking for.

Forget any preconceptions you have about internships and the insurance industry. Our 10-week summer programmes give you a real job with real responsibility and a taste for life working at Zurich.

With plenty of support around you, you’ll experience how your future career might look and help us make a difference to our customers at a time when they need us the most.

Our summer internships are ideal for undergraduate students. As well as gaining some great experience, successful completion of your internship in 2026 could lead to you being offered a place on one of our graduate programmes starting in 2027.

As an Accounting Intern you will have the opportunity to develop your personal and professional skills, while learning from industry experts and senior managers who take a keen interest in your growth. We are passionate about ensuring you settle into the working environment effectively and offer a buddy/mentor at the very start, someone who has been in your shoes.

In addition to your department's day-to-day activities, you can expect to be involved in real projects that deliver value to our business and customers. These could include process transformation, providing financial support to the business or developing MI for management, all while being grounded in the accounting that forms the backbone of our profession.

As well as joining a company that is passionate about sustainability and our customers, you can expect:

Pro rata holiday for the duration of your internship

Contribution towards private medical cover

12% company pension contribution

Access to other flexible benefits

You must have an indefinite, full right to work and reside in the UK. We cannot accept applications from those who require sponsorship to work in the UK. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years.

You must be in your penultimate year of undergraduate study and on track for a predicted 2:1 (or equivalent)

• As Accounting is based in numbers, we prefer a numeric degree, but this isn’t a requirement. A passion for becoming an effective accountant ismoreimportant.

At least 96 UCAS points from 3 A-Level subjects (or equivalent) excluding general studies.

A minimum C/4 grade in both English and Maths at GCSE level (or equivalent).

Although we are a hybrid workforce, you should be within a commutable distance to the office workplace stated in this advert. At the beginning of the scheme you’ll need to work full-time in the office. This will help with face-to-face training, building your personal brand and broadening your network. Depending on the team you are placed in, there may be a requirement to work in the office for most of the working week.

At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business.

We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us.

We’re passionate…