Company Profile

    Company overview

    Industry

    Education, Training & Professional Development

    Company size

    51-100

    Primary location

    10 Shenton Way #13-07/08 MAS Building
    The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) was set up in 1974 to develop a robust and responsive financial sector training infrastructure to support Singapore’s development as a vibrant financial centre.As the national accreditation and certification agency for the financial services industry, IBF works closely with industry to establish competency standards under the Skills Framework for Financial Services and raise the quality of professionals in the financial services industry. IBF also administers regulatory examinations on behalf of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, as well as industry examinations such as the Client Advisors Competency Standards and Financial Markets Regulatory and Practices Certificate Programme.Since 2018, IBF has been the appointed programme manager for the administration of professional conversion programmes for the financial industry under Workforce Singapore’s Adapt and Grow initiative. IBF, under the IBF Careers Connect also provides personalised career advisory to Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents exploring a new role in, or career switch into the financial industry.For more information, please visit our website: www.ibf.org.sg.

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    What’s it like working at Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore?

    AI summary of recent reviews

    Employees at the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore appreciate the friendly and respectful colleagues, as well as the lack of retrenchment and job security. However, there are some potential challenges, such as long working hours that often extend until 9pm, leading to poor work/life balance. Additionally, employees feel that salaries could be higher, with limited opportunities for overtime pay.

    Recent reviews

    4.0
    Senior relationship manager
    Aug 2023
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Prabhu Balaraman Dubai
    The good things• An accomplished and efficient Banking Professional with more than Sixteen Years of experience in administrating branch operations and maintaining exceptional relationships with clients • Dexterous in analysing client requirements and processing gold loans in in-sync with client’s financial objectives • Adroit in establishing/maintaining noteworthy customer relations and ensuring continuous/referral business • Deft in recruiting, mentoring, training and managing competent staff in branch
    The challenges• Maintaining exceptional relationships with customers and materializing need-based selling opportunities • Consolidating relationships with customers and securing continuous/referral-based business • Analysing customer requirements and recommending precise banking services/allocating competent specialists • Accomplishing and exceeding personal/branch organizational business objectives consistently • Materializing segment focussed/requirement focussed sales opportunities constantly • Coordinating with new clients in the market daily and realizing direct-selling/suggestive-selling/up-selling/cross-selling opportunities of asset, liability and wealth products
    4.0
    Assistant vice president
    May 2019
    Banking - Good in Operations knowledge
    The good thingsNice Colleagues, No retrenchment
    The challengesAverage work till 9pm. No work / life balancing
    5.0
    Chauffeur
    Jan 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Often be alert and listen properly while in duties
    The good thingsEnjoying people's surrounding are friendly and respectfully.
    The challengesSalary always the same no much overtime works.
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