By Stephanie Stefanovic – Content material Supervisor at Sharesight

We’re happy to announce the winner of the Sharesight Fintech Scholarship for 2023, Kaytlin Perkins.

As a fintech firm, we’re keen about serving to college students get began on their pathway to profitable careers within the monetary and monetary know-how areas.

We additionally imagine gaining a strong training and data of enterprise fundamentals is essential not solely in serving to college students lead profitable skilled lives, but in addition in adopting an investing mindset from a younger age that may assist them develop their wealth over the long run.

With this in thoughts, we established the Sharesight Fintech Scholarship, providing a one-off money grant to a potential scholar planning to check at an Australian college within the better monetary area.

This yr’s winner, Kaytlin Perkins, plans to check a Grasp of Skilled Accounting at Central Queensland College, with the goal of turning into a Licensed Public Accountant (CPA) or a Knowledge Analyst following her research.

“I’ve all the time been keen about private finance and investing, studying as many cash administration books as attainable from a younger age. I’m additionally at present a sole dealer and luxuriate in managing my very own tax obligations,” says Kaytlin.

“I imagine educating your self in finance administration is extraordinarily essential, as the results of not making knowledgeable choices might be extreme. My curiosity in cash administration is what inspired me to proceed my training at CQU, and I’m excited to advance right into a profession I imagine I’ll actually get pleasure from.”

Functions for our 2023 scholarship have closed, nonetheless potential college students could now apply for the 2024 calendar yr by filling out the shape right here.