It aims to encourage young women into a career in the financial services industry
Sirius Property Finance, in collaboration with MT finance, is today hosting Women into Finance, an event that aims to encourage young women into a career in the financial services industry.
As part of Sirius’ ongoing partnership with Debden High School in Essex, the event at the London-based brokerage is welcoming 12 sixth form students who are interested in pursuing a career in financial services.
The programme, announced by The Brightstar Group, provides opportunities for the young women to experience a variety of different areas of the business including time with brokers, case managers, and the marketing and design team, as well as time with the operations and finance functions of the business.
The students are also being invited to apply for a fictional job role and be interviewed by team members in the business, who provide feedback to the students. This year’s event also provides the opportunity to prepare and ask questions to members of the MT Finance team during a panel discussion, with the aim of finding out about career journeys, challenges, achievements, and the experience of being a woman in finance.
“Building on the outstanding success of last year’s event, I am really excited to be welcoming these young women into the business to hopefully provide some inspiration for them to join this industry and gain access to the variety of opportunities that it affords,” commented Leoni Alexandrou (pictured), head of operations at Sirius Property Finance.
“We are proud to say that we already have so many shining examples of young people who have come to Sirius for work experience placements, some of whom have gone on to take full time roles with us. These team members have been pivotal in the organisation and leadership of this year’s event and will be highly relatable to the young women. They serve as fantastic role models, providing inspiration to other young people looking to join our business and the industry.”
Clare Jupp, director of people development at Brightstar Group, explained that this extension to the programme demonstrated that it was taking real action to both improve the representation of women in financial services and to also build the next generation of the industry.
“Opening the doors to the working office is the obvious way to give young people a real taste of what it means to work in this fantastic industry,” she said.
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