Bank manager
Bank managers oversee the day-to-day operations of their branch, supervise staff and work to attract new customers.
Typical Salary
£24,000 – £55,000
per year
Working Hours
35–40
hours per week
Day-to-day tasks
You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of your branch or a number of branches. You could:
- communicate and put into practice, business, marketing and sales plans
- monitor sales targets and budgets, and produce figures and reports
- assess lending risk
- motivate staff to meet targets
- learn about the needs of individual and business customers
- make sure that staff follow rules and procedures
- develop relationships with the local community and businesses
- deal with customer complaints
Skills needed
- excellent verbal communication skills
- business management skills
- customer service skills
- the ability to sell products and services
- leadership skills
- knowledge of economics and accounting
- ambition and a desire to succeed
- to be thorough and pay attention to detail
- to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently
How to get into this role
You can get into this job through:
- a university course
- a college course
- an apprenticeship
- working towards this role
Career progression
You could work towards chartered banker status with the Chartered Banker Institute. This could help broaden your career options at senior management level.
With experience, you could take on responsibility for several branches in a local area. You could move into head office operations, or work with the bank's overseas division.
You could also work in corporate or investment banking.