Most Important Skills for a LATAM Market Analyst at Global Bank
Maria, a LATAM Market Analyst at Global Bank, emphasizes the critical need for "fast adaptability" in their rotational program, requiring a quick adjustment to diverse teams, clients, and management styles. This adaptability, coupled with strong "social skill sets," including teamwork, leadership, and empathy, proved essential for navigating the varied work environments and interpersonal dynamics within the bank.
Adaptability, Teamwork, Empathy, Communication, Leadership
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Maria Pia Lopez
LATAM Market Analyst
Global Bank
Universidad del Pacifico, 2019
MBA Class of 2025 UCLA Anderson
Economics
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Data and Analytics
International Student
Video Highlights
1. Adaptability to new roles, teams, and responsibilities is crucial. This includes understanding different working styles and quickly integrating into various team dynamics.
2. Strong social skills, teamwork, leadership, and empathy are essential for effective collaboration and navigating diverse work environments.
3. The ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts is vital, especially given the dynamic nature of the roles and the need to adapt to different client interactions and communication styles.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
As part of this rotational program, I had to rotate every six months. The skill I used and needed to learn the most was adaptability.
I needed to adapt as quickly as possible to different teams and functions. For example, corporate sales involved speaking to corporate clients, while institutional sales involved institutional clients. These clients were completely different, and the way you needed to speak to them varied by industry.
In treasury, I didn't have client contact. Adapting and changing the job, roles, and concepts needed for each was key. This involved fast adaptability, not just in understanding what to do, but also in adjusting when changing areas.
When you change roles, you don't just change responsibilities; you also change bosses and team members. So, another important skill is having a good social skillset that requires teamwork, leadership, and empathy.
You might have to completely change your ways of teamwork and your job from one week to the next. You need to understand what's happening and the ways of working within each team because they were very different. We all interacted a lot between the different areas.
Each area had its own boss with a different working style. You needed to adapt to that as soon as possible. Therefore, I think adaptability, empathy, and teamwork are key skills for this job.
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