
Master corporate banking basics by learning relationship building, client needs assessment, lending processes, and risk management, plus KYC, credit analysis, and interview skills.
Explore how interest rates and credit margins reflect a borrower's credit worthiness, and how match funding and sustainable finance shape corporate lending decisions.
Discover how relationship managers engage with corporate clients on ESG and climate goals, assess sustainability risks, and leverage green finance products like green loans, bonds, and sustainability-linked loans.
Uphold strict boundaries on gifts and entertainment, governed by compliance rules and pre-approval procedures. Build trust with clients through transparent, arm's-length interactions that protect the bank's reputation and emphasize integrity.
Explore how corporate banking relies on KPIs to evaluate relationship managers, including net income after costs under the RAROC framework, hurdle rates, cross-selling, client satisfaction, and new ESG considerations.
Explore career paths in the corporate clients department, from relationship managers to business development, product managers, and analysts, with structured finance and SPV expertise supporting complex deals.
Assess credit worthiness by analyzing borrower's needs, business context, and risks to craft a credit pack for risk management and board approval, avoiding sole reliance on financial statements or collateral.
Set key performance indicators for corporate lending, focusing on loan origination, portfolio size, and profitability. Include cross-sell targets, fee income, processing quality, and provisioning to strengthen relationships and risk management.
Prepare for a corporate banking job interview by anticipating potential questions and applying essential insights from navigating corporate banking.
Identify financial risks from market volatility and learn how banks manage interest rate, liquidity, credit, foreign exchange, market, counterparty, and funding risk, with employees as the first line of defense.
Explore the three lines of defense in corporate banking, from front-line risk identification to independent risk management and internal audit, with risk monitoring, key risk indicators, and internal controls.
Climate risks translate into credit risk for borrowers and broader financial risk for banks, driven by physical events and transition to a low-carbon economy, under ESG and Paris Agreement pressures.
Explore the full spectrum of risk management careers, from risk analysts in financial, non-financial, operational, credit, and market risk to chief risk officer leadership.
The great thing about working at a Corporate Bank is that Banks actually build things; they make things possible in the economy. They make things happen. And the possibility of having a part in it, of actually contributing to building what the world needs - this is the most passionate thing about working for a Corporate Bank.
But to do this, many skills and knowledge need to be had. I want to teach those skills and that knowledge to all those that are interested in Banking, including those actively seeking a job in one.
During the course I provide an overview of what goes on inside a Corporate Bank, how things work in order for Banks to be able to make things happen. I will give a summary of the crucial topics anyone needs to know when planning a career in a Corporate Bank. I will go through the major knowledge topics in relation to each department, so that after taking the course students can have a pretty solid conversation with an interviewer, or a banking manager in the areas of interest. To do this, we will go through the major banking products, reveal how client acquisition works, what are the criteria used to analyze and approve corporate loans, what are the major risks to take into account and how all of it is interconnected.
The course not only prepares candidates for interviews to the related job positions at a Corporate Bank, but also helps with real knowledge of the positions in case anyone aspires to a promotion within a Bank or to a career in other financial institutions that deals with corporate relationships or in corporates themselves - in a department that deals with their Banks for example.
Unlike other courses aimed just at negotiation and preparation for job interviews, this course teaches you what Corporate Bankers in these positions actually need to know and what keeps them busy day by day. Many crucial risk considerations are analyzed too, from credit risk, to financial markets risks, and last but not least the impact of Climate Change and the ever evolving ESG and sustainability risks areas for Banks - including what new Jobs are being created in Banking to deal with these issues.
I have worked and been engaged with hiring corporate bankers for these departments in a Corporate Bank for over two decades - and I will now share the real thing with you: what really goes on inside the Bank and what you must know to get in and be a solid banking performer.