{"id":15058,"date":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen.ap.applyflow.com\/speed-mentoring-at-finsia-s-young-finance-professionals-evening\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T07:37:47","slug":"speed-mentoring-at-finsia-s-young-finance-professionals-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaizenrecruitment.com.au\/speed-mentoring-at-finsia-s-young-finance-professionals-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Speed Mentoring\u2019 At FINSIAS Young Finance Professionals Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Last week we invited a great group of our valued candidates to join us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finsia.com\/membership\/councils-and-committees\/young-finance-professionals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINSIA\u2019s Young Finance Professionals (YFP)<\/a> \u2013 Current and Future Leaders networking event. The purpose of the event is to provide a gateway for young aspiring professionals to access unique ideas and meet inspiring business leaders. These leaders are top of their field, passionate about financial services and want to give back.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">The format deployed, \u2018speed mentoring and networking\u2019, allowed for plenty of time to get around the room and either re-connect with current associates or make new industry connections. All participants were provided the opportunity to spend dedicated time with current leaders within our industry and ask questions about their career journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98%;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/kaizen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/speed-mentoring-at-FINSIA-young-finance-professionals-evening-kaizen-recruitment.jpg\" alt=\"Speed mentoring FINSIA Young Finance Professionals YFP\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Our team was fortunate to spend time with industry leaders Travis Goudie, Tony Brain, Robert Babb, Fiona Trafford-Walker, Scott Parker and Paul Chin. Below is a summary of their very generous and valuable career insights.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Travis Goudie, General Manager, Finance &#8211; Equity Trustees<\/span><\/strong>, opened the discussion at our table by taking us on a journey through his career to date. Key to his success thus far was about having a clear career plan and being accountable to taking the necessary steps to make it happen. Travis could not overstate the importance of having access to a mentor who can impart knowledge and help up and coming leaders identify areas of strength and development in moving closer to the desired \u2018ideal role\u2019. \u00a0Travis also shared the importance he places on working alongside people he respects and \u201ccreating a more efficient working environment that allows my team to utilise their time to add greater value to the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Tony Brain, Non-Executive Director \u2013 ASG<\/span><\/strong>, encouraged the table to share their thoughts on career aspirations and talked to the challenges and opportunities that can present along the way and how to deal with them. Tony discussed the importance of building and maintaining strong relationships throughout ones\u2019 career and that it\u2019s \u2018okay\u2019 and \u2018normal\u2019 to spend time exploring varied opportunities before truly understanding a desired career path.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Robert Babb, Executive Director, Risk &amp; Compliance &#8211; IFM Investors<\/span><\/strong>, discussed the challenge of dealing with risk and compliance obligations globally in parallel with a business that is also experiencing significant growth. To this end, Robert stated, \u201cyou can\u2019t afford to sweat the small stuff\u201d. Robert also spoke candidly around how he meets these challenges on a day to day basis. He gives credit to and places great importance on building a team around him that is aligned to a culture of embracing challenges built upon the foundations of trust and empowerment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Fiona Trafford-Walker, Director \u2013 Frontier<\/span><\/strong>, provided insight on the fine line between having a defined career plan and keeping an open mind stating that, \u201cthe advantage to not planning means your mind is open to more opportunities and prone to taking more risks.\u201d She also stated that, \u201cit is very essential to have passion in what you do. Focus on what you do, you\u2019ll learn the rest. Technical skills are extremely important, something you rent out to the employer, and with time and experience, you learn the rest at your job\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\"><strong>Scott Barker, Regional Head of Asia Pacific, Debt Investments \u2013 IFM Investors<\/strong>, <\/span>provided pragmatic advice around setting and meeting career goals stating, \u201cyou need to have a goal but that goal must be fluid. Your progression will not be linear, sometimes you will need to take a step back to move forward.\u201d He also stated that, \u201cyou need to be open, flexible and seize the opportunity when you can. You may at times be required to move around to get to your end goal.\u201d Scott went on to say that we will all inevitably face setbacks along the way but it\u2019s how you respond to those setbacks that provide real professional and personal development opportunities. \u201cTo succeed, you need to understand the industry, the dynamics, how to leverage your networks, recognise your value and understand your point of difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Paul Chin, Director Investment Research and Strategy \u2013 Jamieson Coote Bonds<\/span><\/strong>, encouraged everyone to explore the prospect of considering international work experience. \u00a0This type of exposure would help \u00a0broaden the horizons as well as force us to step out from our comfort zone. It would also open opportunities to develop new skills and experiences. Paul\u2019s key messages were, \u201clife is short so you need to make full use of it and you need to be happy with what you want to do\u201d. \u00a0He went to say, \u201cyou need to always look for ways to continuously develop yourself, network and seek constructive feedback. Importantly, always have a sense of awareness of your strengths and weaknesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Thank you to the organisers for putting on a great event and to the leaders who generously gave up their time to give all participants an insight into their professional experience. It was great to see so many industry professionals gather together in the one room as well as spend time with several Kaizen clients and candidates in a more social and relaxed environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please go to this link to learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finsia.com\/membership\/councils-and-committees\/young-finance-professionals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINSIA\u2019s Young Finance Professionals (YFP)<\/a>. Kaizen Recruitment highly recommends getting involved with this fantastic community of young financial services professionals to access exclusive networking and career development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Best regards<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\">Chris<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8ed3a60c-e855-7594-4d7f-ca65a71877f4\"><strong>Chris Goulas <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Associate Director<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Kaizen Recruitment specialises financial services recruitment across funds management, wealth management, superannuation, investment consulting and insurance. 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