Climate and Geoscience Intern – P&C Climate Risk and Exposure Analytics

USAA•San Antonio, TX

1d•$24 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. The Opportunity The Climate Risk and Exposure Analytics team is situated in the Actuary & Analytics group within USAA’s P&C business. The team works closely with the Catastrophe Risk Management team and seeks to develop the associations long term strategy under a changing climate. The Intern role will support modeling linking cutting-edge weather modeling and climate science to business strategy. By applying insights from atmospheric-science and geospatial analysis the role delivers insight-to-action recommendations on how a changing climate will affect catastrophe losses and member resilience at USAA. The internship will be based at the USAA Corporate Headquarters in San Antonio, TX. Interns offered full-time roles may have the opportunity to work out of one of USAA’s satellite locations.

Requirements

To qualify, you must be pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher degree, from an accredited college or university in quantitative field such as Actuarial Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Finance, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or other quantitative discipline.
Our 2026 internship will start on May 27, 2026 and last through August 7, 2026.
Graduation date cannot be prior to August 7, 2026
Demonstrates competency of mathematical and statistical techniques and approaches used to drive fact-based decision-making.
Intermediate knowledge of data analysis tools and climate risk assessment techniques (e.g. hazard-rate change, bias-correction, stochastic event-set conditioning), data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems.

Nice To Haves

Pursuing an advanced degree (but not required) in quantitative field such as Actuarial Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Finance, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or other quantitative discipline.
Proficiency in analyzing geospatial data within a programming environment (e.g., Python, R, GIS).
Experience related to wildfire risk assessment is advantageous.
Experience with catastrophe modeling software (e.g., Verisk, KCC, Cotality) or a demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new modeling platforms.
Desire to work in an innovative, start-up like environment, leading the development and delivery of new processes.
US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner.

Responsibilities

Leverages intermediate business, analytical and technical knowledge to participate in discussions with cross functional teams to understand and collaborate on business objectives and influence solution strategies.
Integrates/transforms disparate data sources and determines the appropriate data hygiene techniques to apply.
Applies scientific/quantitative analytical approaches to draw conclusions and make 'insight to action' recommendations to answer the business objective and drive the appropriate change.
Incorporates geospatial visualization techniques to support the relevant points of the analysis and ease the understanding for less technical audiences.
Identifies and gathers the relevant and quality data sources required to fully answer and address the problem for the recommended strategy through testing or exploratory data analysis (EDA).
Supports documentation of assumptions, methodology, validation and testing to facilitate peer reviews and compliance requirements.
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.