My professional career began in March 2021, when I joined the PwC Audit graduate programme after studying BSc Geography at the University of Exeter.
My journey at PwC and passion for financial services began back in 2015 when I attended a Business Insight Week during my Sixth Form studies. This gave me the opportunity to experience a taster of working in Audit, as well as network and meet with some inspirational senior department leaders. Since joining permanently, I have remained in the same department, working alongside various female leaders who inspired me to join the firm six years ago. Seeing their enthusiasm and dedication to work, encouraged me to pursue this passion I had found, and overcome my battle with Imposter Syndrome that I had been struggling with.
For the past two years, in my role at PwC I have worked with a Lloyds of London Syndicate in between studying for the Chartered Accountancy qualification. Having started during the pandemic, it has not been plain sailing as the first few months of my career took place virtually. This provided an additional challenge to the already nerve-racking reality of starting a new job, requiring proactivity and assertiveness to learn quickly. As a result, in an attempt to give back, I took on a role to be a representative for my peer group (for new graduate intakes) through which I have prioritized smoothing their transition into the department.