Most Important Skills for an Assistant Vice President at a Fortune 100 Bank
A day for this Assistant Vice President involves "a lot of day-to-day approval stuff," leveraging extensive licenses and an MBA, alongside significant people leadership, mentoring, and career advice for a team of 80. This role also includes "a lot of big picture like projects and strategic things," particularly given the newness of the department.
Leadership, Risk Management, Mentorship, Strategic Planning, People Management
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Zach Bransky
Assistant Vice President
Fortune 100 Bank
University of Arizona
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey, MBA
Finance
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
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1. Extensive people leadership is involved, mentoring junior employees and providing career advice
2. The role includes a significant amount of day-to-day approvals and risk management using professional licenses and an MBA
3. The position is involved in building a new department, offering opportunities for strategic contributions and project development
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What does a day in the life of an Assistant Vice President of Institutional Business look like?
My day involves managing a team of about 80 people on the risk side. From a risk manager's perspective, there's a lot of day-to-day approval work.
I'm fully licensed, holding a day-to-day license, a supervisory license, and an MBA. These qualifications help with my daily responsibilities.
There's a significant people leadership component. Although we don't directly manage HR for the representatives, we work closely with service leadership managers. We constantly collaborate and receive requests for mentorship and career advice.
We currently have an open position, and I believe we've received about 10 applications. I've been having many one-on-one meetings with individuals seeking advice on how to enter this field.
Additionally, there are many large-scale projects and strategic initiatives. We are a relatively new department, established just a few years ago, so there's a lot of development happening. That's probably one aspect of the role I enjoy the most.