The Course Necessary for Every Corporate Banker
Bankers as Trusted Advisors
Bankers as Trusted Advisors teaches your team a more empathetic, advisory approach to sales by building trust & rapport. Using the proven methods within this course, your sales team will transform into a group of trusted advisors - leading to smoother conversions in less time, more high-ticket sales, and satisfied clients that stay with your bank for longer and bolster your reputation within the industry.
What you will gain
Helping managers and their teams discover the benefits of solution-based sales
Boost client retention with a sales team that understands customer pain points and sells products accordingly
Move the needle and increase revenue with a more streamlined sales process that clients trust (smoother conversions in less time)
FOR WHO
Who benefits from Bankers as Trusted Advisors?
Our interactive sessions offer transformative benefits for all client-facing bankers, including:
- Introduction to course structure and participants
- Corporate Relationship Managers, Trade Finance, Cash Management and Transaction Banking Sales Managers
- Client-facing Credit Analysts
- Product Sales
YOU WILL LEARN
Lesson materials
- 1
Topic 1
The importance of being a trusted advisor
Session 1: Banks and their clients
- Introduction to course structure and participants
- Common banking practice and approach
- Client's organization structure and how it impacts banks
- Banking needs from bank's and client's perspective
- Bridging the information gap
Exercise 1: Gathering information
- Reading materials
- Case study of a successful win
- Case study of failing to maintain a client
- Open-ended questioning method
- Simulation exercise 1: Distribution company
- 2
Topic 2
Understanding Client's Business
Session 2: Life as a corporate treasurer
- Life as a treasurer
- Treasury challenges, priorities and goals
- Companies' business process and cashflow cycle
- Challenges in managing corporate finance
- Mapping the bank's roles in each of the milestones in the cashflow cycle
- Building relevance
Exercise 2: Guest speaker (senior finance / treasury professional from an established corporate)
- Reading Materials
- Case study of a successful win
- 3
Topic 3
Solving Client Problems
Section 3: Identifying problems
- Identifying which problems cause the most pain for the client
- Quantifying how much a solution will be worth to a client
- What are the important metrics and measurement for clients
- Understanding client stakeholders interests (management, customers, shareholders, regulators etc)
Exercise 3: Role Play - The power of asking openended questions
- Gathering information about the problems that really bothers / raises concerns for clients
- Quantifying the problem's worth
- Feedback and debrief
Session 4: Presenting the problems, potential solutions & quantifying impact
- Impactful client presentations and superior relationship management
- Bringing thought leadership to your clients
- Benchmarking the client against their peers in the industry and other regions
Exercise 4: Client Presentation
- Presenting to senior management in corporations
- Discussing financial information with clients
- Proposing potential solutions
- Feedback and debrief
- 4
Topic 4
Walking the talk as a trusted advisor
Session 5: Meeting client needs in all fronts
- Negotiating with confidence and fairness
- Accountability as a banker and trusted advisor
- Maintaining and deepening a client relationship
- Treating clients fairly and professionally
Exercise 5: Client Deal Negotiation
- Conduct a final pitch to the client with a holistic solution that meets the client requirements
- Negotiation simulation during a deal
- Feedback and debrief
CRAFTED BY
Leaders in the world of banking management
Armandi Oesman (Armand) is a career relationship banker with 15+ years experience across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Armand's speciality is mainly in corporate debt structuring and working capital advisory. He has originated and led over USD 2 billion of complex corporate debt transactions for in multiple jurisdictions spanning from local corporate to multinationals. His approach in deal-making is simple: know the industry well, speak using simple language that is easy for clients to understand and help your clients achieve their goals.
Syahrialdi Sikar (Aldi) has extensive experience in managing client relationship and leading sales deals in his 13+ years experience with international banks. He has led multiple Request for Proposal during his time in Transaction Banking and worked directly with multinationals in various Asian countries as an RM team head for 3 different segments. Aldi has taken the role of Business Planning Manager for the CEO where he has involved in building bank-wide strategy and initiatives. The experience has provided him with the skill to manage challenging situations and wide range of stakeholders.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
With limited spaces, we can only onboard a specified amount of teams. So if you're interested, please reach us today with the contact info below