Early Careers: Health & Benefits Analytics Intern
Aon invites intellectually curious rising college seniors with a passion for problem-solving to join our 2025 Summer Internship Program in our Health Analytics business area. Immerse yourself in a unique and exciting environment as you sample a career that offers global reach and makes a tangible impact on our clients!
Opportunities are available in Chicago, IL in a hybrid environment, allowing work from the office and remotely.
Aon is in the business of better decisions
At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.
As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.
What the day will look like
Overview:
This position is part of our broader Health Analytics Intelligence team, which falls under Aon's national Commercial Analytics practice; however, our team infuses with many of the other high-visibility Aon business units.
Our team of individuals excel at assessing customers' data-based needs and ensuring customers (internal and external) receive a high value return. The team is a mix of data engineers, data scientists, reporting analysts, Python/R coders, statisticians, actuaries, SQL/ Tableau/Power BI programming experts and custom solution architects. Our group delivers or supports a wide array of reporting tools, special projects, and methodology development to address the complex analytic needs of our data-driven clients.
You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of assignments during your internship. Health Analytics data analysts support consultants to develop short and longer-term health and welfare benefit strategies. This process involves strategic assessments of the health care market and key trends and the identification of new and innovative solutions to employer problems. The technical and analytical skills health & benefits data analysts bring to this process are critical to our health & benefits consulting.
Job Responsibilities:
• Be part of a dynamic team focused on healthcare data and innovation
• Work with large health claims and risk datasets such as eligibility data, medical claims and prescription drug claims data from multiple different sources
• Develop detailed understanding of medical claims reporting and billing for inpatient and outpatient procedures at a DRG, procedure code/CPT level
• Build statistical and machine learning models on large health datasets
• Liaison and partner with external healthcare carriers, data vendors and startups
• Track and monitor upcoming vendors and startups in the healthcare space in areas such as healthcare navigation, digital health, care delivery etc.
• Work on cutting edge data analytics tools and build full stack pipelines in R/Python for data ingestion, cleaning and preparation with proper version control
• Build statistical and machine learning models to analyze healthcare costs, utilization and major drivers
• Prepare consulting deliverables with the use of charts, visualization tools and reporting automation to communicate end-results of technical analyses to a non-technical audience
• Assist client teams and actuaries with ad-hoc data related requests by producing reports
• Develop validation and quality control methodologies and work with vendors to review datasets
• Work on multiple projects and manage timelines, milestones and delivery efficiently
How this opportunity is different
This is a 10-week paid program across various U.S. offices with access to global leaders through weekly spotlights, roundtables and one-on-one internship mentoring. Engage in challenging client projects with the benefit of continuous formal and informal feedback and the enjoyment of social outings and community service activities throughout the internship.
Skills and experience that will lead to success:
Collaborators, Critical Thinkers, Problem Solvers, Team Players, Effective Communicators, Relationship Builders and Future Leaders.
We aim to recruit a diverse group of professionals who offer varying experiences, backgrounds and strengths to ensure we can continue to offer the most innovative solutions to our clients. Additionally, we take into consideration the following:
• Relevant work or internship experience
• Involvement in extracurricular activities
• Proficiency in Microsoft office products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
• Experience with SQL or Python
• Experience with data visualization tools: Tableau/Power BI, ggplot2
• Experience with health claims datasets
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
Qualifications:
• Rising seniors graduating between December 2025 - June 2026 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
• Pursuing a degree in Informatics, Economics, Statistics, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Public Health, Applied Statistics, Analytics, or a related degree preferred.
How we support our colleagues
In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!
Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.
Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.
We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com
For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $23 to $27.50 per hour. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.
A summary of all the benefits offered for that position:
Aon offers a benefits package for temporary and seasonal employees who will work 20 or more hours per week including: medical, dental, and vision insurance at the employee's expense, critical illness insurance, 10 Company holidays per calendar year (paid, if eligible), paid sick leave as provided under state and local law, and a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions. Eligibility for benefits are governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.
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