Several Smart franchise owners have come from a banking background, and have capitalised on this experience to build their own business.
Broad Business Understanding
To excel in the banking industry, you must be able to interact professionally with a wide range of business organisations and you need a broad understanding of business.
Smart’s franchise owners have a passion for dealing with self employed people and their business, and a sound understanding of how businesses work. In the banking world that has enabled them to tailor a range of financial solutions that best meet clients’ needs. Now they’re applying the same skills in tailoring outsourced business support services to meet the needs of local business owners.
People Skills Needed
The ability to effectively communicate to customers is essential because as a banker you are the key to their loan, their investments, their money, and their peace of mind.
Bankers have outstanding interpersonal savvy which helps them:
- build relationships with customers
- acquire new customers
- grow a network of professionals and business contacts from whom business can be sourced and developed
- and work closely with the local branch network.
An innovative attitude to resolving problems and an ability to negotiate successfully for business is also key.
We’ve found that their friendly, can-do attitude and confident manner can quickly establish and leverage positive and long-term relationships with local business owners.
Accounting understanding and attention to detail is a must
Lending makes up a large percentage of commercial banking. These jobs require a strong understanding of accounting.
Meticulous, fearless employees with a relentless attention to detail and a desire to increase sales are what commercial banks are looking for.
Smart’s franchise owners are also energetic go-getters and have the drive, experience and skills to generate key business for themselves. Strategically minded, with impeccable financial knowledge, they’re excited at the prospect of inspiring their team to provide quality, practical, no nonsense business phone, admin, financial and payroll services.
To be effective as a Smart franchise owner bankers need to be sales-focused leaders with communication and business acumen to match.
If you’re got what it takes to think smarter, better, and have the kind of work ethic to test us as much as yourself, then here’s your chance to make a real difference to New Zealand’s SME business owners – and build your own business at the same time.
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