FinTech Awards Wales – Unique Interview: BJSS

Matt Hyde, Director of FinTech Awards Wales Meets:

Andrew Clarke,

Agile Supply Supervisor and Folks Lead at BJSS

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As a part of a our new interview sequence, Matt Hyde, Director of Recruit121 and FinTech Awards Wales, talks to professionals in Wales’ thriving FinTech Sector. This week Matt caught up with Andrew Clarke at BJSS.

Inform us about your most important focus at BJSS

As Folks Lead for the Wales observe, I guarantee our individuals are supported and have all they should develop and thrive of their careers. Clearly, this has modified continually as we’ve gone by means of numerous lockdowns and emerged out the opposite aspect! A variety of my focus over the previous two years has been reviewing how you can greatest help our folks by means of that, particularly in opposition to the backdrop of our quickly increasing Wales footprint.

Most just lately, we moved into a brand new workplace in Cardiff, and I’ve been centered on our hybrid working coverage and ensuring our folks have someplace they’ll work, share information, and socialise with their colleagues after they’re not with shoppers or working from dwelling.

What affect do you’re feeling FinTech Awards Wales are making within the FinTech sector in Wales?

The Wales Fintech Awards have a massively optimistic affect on the Welsh Fintech ecosystem. The popularity and promotion of expertise that the awards deliver, together with some pleasant competitors, offers a implausible alternative for corporations to showcase what makes them so particular.

Why have you ever chosen to help the Awards and specifically the Finest Accelerator / Incubator of the Yr Award?

The Awards have an amazing status in Wales and our involvement lets us have interaction with implausible Welsh organisations and expertise. We’re supporting the Finest Accelerator/Incubator award as a result of it aligns carefully with our ethos on nurturing and creating expertise. Right here at BJSS we all know the worth of offering an surroundings that promotes improvement and empowers folks to fulfil their potential.

How do you’re feeling the Welsh financial system has fared put up Covid and what predictions do you could have for the subsequent 12 months?

Like in every single place else, the final 12 months has been various for the financial system in Wales. What’s grow to be obvious, extra so now than even in the course of the pandemic, is the significance of expertise in supporting the expansion of companies and our financial system right here in Wales.

The subsequent 12 months will focus squarely on the price of dwelling disaster and the upcoming recession. Companies, significantly in Finance, with a powerful worth proposition primarily based on sound and revolutionary expertise that helps prospects will fare properly.

What’s BJSS doing at the moment to help the FinTech sooner or later?

Fintechs is available in all styles and sizes, however they’re all companies with the identical core goal: harnessing innovation. BJSS has partnered with the likes of Starling Financial institution, Tandem, Mettle and Simba Chain to drive innovation, fixing the issues their prospects face while serving to to form new market, service or technological alternatives. We help every stage of our shoppers’ progress and evolution, serving to them leverage digital and expertise to grow to be market leaders.

Lastly what’s the most effective recommendation you got and what recommendation you’ll give?

By no means quit. It’s the most effective recommendation I’ve been given and it’s the most effective recommendation I’d give!