Banker

To be a bank branch manager, you need a Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, or finance. You also need at least five years of experience in financial services including previous experience as a loan officer, financial analyst, or assistant branch manager. CPA or CFA certifications are optional, but they may improve your career opportunities. You should also cultivate your skills in customer service, communication, accounting, decision-making, and time management. You'll want to be involved in community affairs and ensure you have an understanding of federal and state regulations regarding financial reporting.
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Bank PO has an excellent career path and the career growth is determined based on merit. PO is Scale I Officer (Assistant Manager) and normally becomes Manager (Scale II Officer) 3-4 years. Promotion happens through written exam and interview. From bank to bank there is a slight variation in the time and process of promotion but fast track promotion opportunities are there in all the banks. Being a generalist, PO gets the opportunity to work in various areas like operations, credit, foreign exchange, investment banking, risk, audit, etc. For posting in Investment Banking and foreign offices, banks conduct internal exams. The career growth is fast for a PO. One can get a promotion every 35 years depending upon the vacancies in the bank. The promotion grades are Manager (Scale II), Senior Manager (Scale III), Chief Manager (Scale IV), AGM (Scale V), DGM (Scale VI) and GM (Scale VII). After that Executive Director and CMD "Chairman and Managing Director"; are appointed by government of India. Almost all EDs and CMDs of banks started their career as PO. A few selected ones also get a chance to become Deputy Governor (DG) in RBI, as among the 4 DGs of RBI one post is there for a commercial banker. Therefore, joining as Bank PO is the best opportunity for making a career in the banking industry.