Banking
What is banking?
Banks form an important part of the financial services sector, they provide day to day banking services, payments, and lending facilities via overdrafts, loans, or credit facilities of varying degrees of complexity.
When working in banking, your role can cover a wide range of job opportunities and countries. At a foundational level a banker will:
Offer a professional and outstanding level of customer service
Educate customers on products and services on offer
Undertake servicing, sales, and transactional processing in accordance with set procedures
Deal with customer complaints
What banking job opportunities are there in Jersey?
Jersey is home to global banks offering a broad range of services to a diverse client base. Due to the size and global nature of banks in Jersey, there is a variety of career paths to choose from. Roles tend to range across:
- Domestic, retail banking services
- Retail personal banking for internationally mobile and expatriate ‘mass affluent’ customers
- Private banking and wealth management for internationally mobile and expatriate High Net Worth (HNW) individuals
- Corporate and institutional banking primarily serving the needs of the island’s trust, funds and corporate services industries
Banks in Jersey are very diverse, with representation from global multi-discipline banking groups, global private banks, retail and commercial banks, and specialist providers offering various services, The roles can include:
- Retail, International, Private, Corporate, or Institutional Client
- Relationship Manager
- Investment Advisor
- Mortgage Advisor
- Financial Planner
- Treasury Officer
What skills do you need?
We asked finance firms in Jersey what skills they are most looking for when hiring in banking and they responded:
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Numerical and analytical skills
- Customer service skills for finding out customer needs
- High integrity and trustworthiness, resilience, ability to work under pressure and manage stress
Because the industry is so diverse, there are a wide range of professional qualifications that can be gained depending on which career path you choose. The most common qualifications include:
| Qualification | Professional Body |
| Chartered Banker | Chartered Banker Institute’s (“CBI”) |
| Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP) | The London Institute of Banking & Finance |
| Investment Advice Diploma (CISI) | Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment |
Current jobs and opportunities in banking
| Title | Type | Sector | Organisation | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Analyst, Tax Client Services | Vacancy | Banking, Wealth management | Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Limited | --- |
| Trainee Trust Administrator/Officer, Fiduciary Management | Vacancy | Administration, Banking, Wealth management | Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Limited | --- |
| Onboarding Advisor | Work Experience | Banking, Investment management | PwC | --- |
| Associate / Senior Trust Officer, Fiduciary Services | Vacancy | Banking, Wealth management | Royal Bank of Canada (Channel Islands) Limited | --- |
| Compliance Policy and Regulatory Engagement Lead | Work Experience | Wealth management, Various, Insurance, Strategic projects, Accountancy, Administration, Banking, Compliance, Digital, Fintech, Funds, Investment management, Law, Marketing, Secretarial | PwC | --- |
| Senior Manager – Economics | Vacancy | Banking, Accountancy | PwC | --- |
| KYC Manager | Vacancy | Banking | PwC | --- |
| Onboarding Support Manager | Vacancy | Banking | PwC | --- |
| Senior Associate – Risk, Regulation and Fintech | Vacancy | Banking | PwC | --- |
| Tax Senior Associate | Vacancy | Banking | PwC | --- |