UPDATE @ 2 p.m.
A Kettering company announced today an initiative to hire more people with disabilities.
Synchrony Financial plans to fill more than 200 positions this year in a variety of roles, it announced this afternoon.
“Our purpose statement is: we pioneer the future of financing while improving the success of every business we serve and the quality of each life we touch,” Margaret Keane, Synchrony Financial CEO, said in a release. “The people with disabilities hiring initiative is a living, breathing embodiment of that statement by providing qualified individuals with career opportunities that, in turn, will help us better serve our retail partners. More importantly, it is simply the right thing to do.”
Synchrony Financial’s Kettering site is the company’s largest with more than 1,700 employees.
As part of the job announcement today, Synchrony Financial presented United Rehabilitation Services with a $20,000 grant to help the agency fulfill its mission.
URS, along with other partner agencies, also will play a role in helping advise Synchrony Financial on the people with disabilities hiring initiative.
“We appreciate Synchrony Financial’s tremendous support of children and adults with disabilities at United Rehabilitation Services and their commitment to this partnership,” Dennis Grant, United Rehabilitation Services executive director, said in a release. “Synchrony’s dedication to creating a culture of inclusiveness and supporting individuals with disabilities through their People with Disabilities Network is a perfect fit with URS’ mission and values.”
Synchrony Financial is a premier consumer financial services company with more than 80 years of retail heritage and the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States, based on purchase volume and receivables.
The Kettering site is home to Synchrony Financial’s payment solutions platform and several client teams.
Functions at the site include operations, risk, fraud, IT, collections, finance, sales and marketing.
To search for job openings, visit www.synchronycareers.com.
FIRST REPORT
A Kettering company is announcing this afternoon an initiative to hire more people with disabilities.
Synchrony Financial is making the announcement at 1:30 p.m. at its Kettering’s site, which is the company’s largest with more than 1,700 employees.
Synchrony Financial is a premier consumer financial services company with more than 80 years of retail heritage and the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States, based on purchase volume and receivables.
The site is home to Synchrony Financial’s payment solutions platform and several client teams. Functions at the site include operations, risk, fraud, IT, collections, finance, sales and marketing.
For more information, visit www.synchronyfinancial.com.
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