Early Careers Launch - Investment Banking TraineeAre you ready to elevate your career in the investment banking sector? Do you possess the skills to contribute to a dynamic and fast-paced environment? This is your chance to create a significant impact at Aon Reinsurance!
This is role out of our New York City Office.
What the day will look likeJoin a team of professionals at Aon dedicated to providing corporate finance and investment banking advisory services to Aon's (re)insurance clients. This client-facing position includes modeling financial and valuation impacts of strategic choices clients evaluate. These include buyside and sellside M&A, restructuring, raising capital, structuring reinsurance programs, applying captives and alternative risk management strategies, and entering or exiting business lines or geographies.
You will collaborate within a group setting on a variety of tasks, including:
- Financial Modeling - building three statement financial models and projections, discounted cash flow models and M&A combination analyses.
- Financial Analysis - reviewing both public and confidential information about companies, their peers, and information about precedent transactions to identify trends relevant to our clients and their goals.
- Valuation Analyses - conducting comparable company, comparable transaction, regression, and discounted cash flow analyses.
- Presentation Development - assisting in crafting investment banking marketing materials, presentations for senior management, and board-level client presentations summarizing findings and recommendations.
- Synthesizing information and making recommendations involves combining data from clients and colleagues to inform financial projections. It also includes proactively identifying alternative ideas and solutions to meet client goals.
- Industry Research - tracking (re)insurance industry trends and translating that information into insights that aid client recommendations.
- Maintaining and Establishing Client Relationships - developing relationships within the Aon organization and growing existing client relationships.
How this opportunity is differentThe Corporate Finance team is an integral part of the broader U.S. Aon Capital Advisory group, a firm-wide collaboration that combines expertise across Aon's fields, including Corporate Finance, Analytics, Reinsurance Solutions, and Investment Banking practices.
The group's goal is to bring to bear our collective experience to provide tailored, objective, and comprehensive advice on the capital supporting clients' business. They also focus on how this capital can be optimized. The group is led by a senior Aon executive with oversight from the Chief Strategy Officer and Global Head of Analytics for Aon Reinsurance Solutions.
We work with insurers, reinsurers, investment firms, banks, and corporations to manage complex commercial issues through the provision of corporate finance advisory services, capital markets solutions, and innovative risk management products.
Skills and experience that will lead to success- Interest in the financial services or (re)insurance, ideally in corporate finance, financial planning , financial analysis, and/or accounting
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Financial modeling experience is required
- Knowledge of accounting and finance concepts, with knowledge of balance sheet concepts for financial institutions a plus
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Prior experience with data analysis concepts, including reproducibility and version control
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Flexible, adaptable in work tasks and approach
- Ability to operate effectively in a cooperative and matrixed setting
- Focused, with strong organizational abilities and attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills, client management and communication abilities
Qualifications- College Seniors graduating between Spring 2026 to Spring 2027 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
- Please Note: For this role you must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
The Launch Development ProgramLaunch is a structured 10-month Early Career development program that combines meaningful work, business learning, professional development and relationship-building across Aon. The program helps you build a strong foundation for a long-term broking and advisory career through:
- On-the-job learning with brokers, client teams, account managers and solution line specialists.
- Business and professional development in Commercial Risk, Reinsurance, client service, communication, collaboration, problem solving and commercial awareness.
- Exposure to data, analytics and technology that support risk assessment, market analysis, workflow coordination and client-ready recommendations.
- Networking, mentorship and coaching opportunities to build relationships across Aon and develop your career path.
What Will Help You Succeed and GrowWe are looking for candidates who are curious, motivated and excited to learn. Through the Launch Program, you will continue developing the same skills and capabilities that support a successful broking and advisory career, including:
- An interest in business, risk, insurance, reinsurance, analytics, finance, economics, client service or global markets.
- A desire to pursue a career in Commercial Risk and/or Reinsurance - Broking.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with a range of stakeholders.
- Analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
- A collaborative mindset, alongside initiative, adaptability and a willingness to contribute as part of a team.
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Confidence using technology and a willingness to learn new tools, internal AI platforms and technology-enabled ways of working.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues, clients and external partners.
- Initiative and a commitment to continuous learning, growth and professional development.
Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 
