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Career as a Bank PO-Duties and responsibilities

The Probationary officer is a managerial level post offered in various public sector banks in India. Throughout the year, Various organizations in banking sector conduct the exam for probationary officers and some of the main exam among them is SBI PO and IBPS PO. The probationary officer is a junior manager of the grade 1 scale and hence is called Scale I Officer. The Probationary officer source of probation period of two years In which the officer has to go through an intensive training program at the Institute of banking management. In this article, we will be looking at Bank PO as a career and the responsibilities assigned.

Study Plan for SBI PO/Clerk Exam 2021

Bank PO Career Growth

The Banks keep conducting internal examinations at regular intervals for the process of promotion. Apart from these internal examinations, one also gets promoted based on her seniority. The growth chart of a probationary officer begins with the post of Assistant Manager and then she is promoted to the following posts:

  • Probationary Officer (PO)
  • Assistant Manager 
  • Branch Manager
  • Chief Manager
  • Assistant General Manager
  • Deputy General manager 
  • Chief General Manager
  • General Manager

Bank PO Duties and Responsibilities

The job role or the work responsibility of a Probationary Officer of a Public Sector Bank is to look after:

  • Public relations, monitor and regulate branch activities & tasks
  • Address customer related issues & grievances
  • Customer Dealing
  • Handling the processing of loans.
  • Approve & monitor daily transactions of branch & customers  
  • Supervising Branch Activities
  • Multitask and verify the work done by clerks whenever required 
  • Being aware of the policies and decisions made by the management to implement them for smooth functioning of the branch

List of Banks Conducting Bank PO Exams

Let us look at the list of major banks that conducts Bank PO Exams every year to recruit young officers:

  •  State Bank of India
  •  Allahabad Bank
  •  Bank of Baroda
  •  Bank of Maharashtra
  •  Punjab National bank
  •  Oriental Bank of Commerce
  •  ICICI Bank
  •  Cooperative Bank
  •  Cooperation Bank
  •  Syndicate Bank
  •  HDFC Bank

 

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