Catalog Continuing education DAS Strategic and Operational Management in Financial Services

DAS Strategic and Operational Management in Financial Services

Context

The DAS in Management and Banking Operations is designed for experienced managers and specialists who wish to extend their cross-disciplinary knowledge of operations management and strategic planning, with a view to management, support and back-office banking functions.
It comprises two CAS courses of 12 ECTS credits each, plus a 6-credit dissertation:
- CAS Operations Management in Financial Services
- CAS Strategic Management in Financial Services
The program is designed to enable managers wishing to achieve a management position in the banking sector to take the two programs in succession.
This CAS course covers both fundamental and innovative themes in the investment field, as well as peripheral issues (financing, entrepreneurial services, wealth planning, etc.),

Key objectives

The knowledge and skills acquired in this DAS should enable the participant to acquire a tactical or strategic vision of how a bank or financial institution operates, so as to be able to:
- take part in an exploratory, informative or analytical discussion;
- exchange views with specialists or take note of their inputs (presentations, reports, etc.);
- make a well-founded decision, taking different parameters into account;
- assess the relevance of potential solutions and the state of the art of existing solutions;
- make justified proposals;
- monitor trends and the direction in which the theme is moving.

Target audience

- Industry: employees of the banking sector and, more broadly, of financial or para-financial institutions (independent managers, asset managers, financial industry consultants, banking outsourcing companies)
- people working in the front-office sector (direct contact with customers) or in the operations sector (no customer contact)
- anyone wishing to enter management positions in the financial sector, requiring a thorough understanding of customer solutions

Partner

Geneva School of Business Administration, HEG-Geneva

Stakeholders

The speakers selected jointly by ISFB and HEG have been working in banking and finance, or in their respective fields, for many years, and are recognized as some of the best experts in the ISFB ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.

Reviews

Participation in a module on scientific research. Academic research (written dossier) and oral presentation. DAS in Banking Management and Operations. 30 ECTS credits.

Practical information

Please register directly on the Haute Ecole de Gestion Genève - HEG Genève website. Registrations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. The DAS comprises two CAS of 12 ECTS credits and a dissertation of 6 credits:

CAS Operations Management in Financial Services
CAS Strategic Management in Financial Services

Admission requirements

In accordance with the HES-SO regulations on continuing education, the admission requirements for entering a certification program offered by the HES-SO are as follows:
[HES-SO regulations]

Candidates with a tertiary degree A
For example: Bachelor's degree or equivalent as determined by the HES-SO.
Must demonstrate sufficient professional experience in the relevant field.

Candidates with a tertiary B qualification
For example: ES diplomas, federal certificates or diplomas.
Must provide proof of three years of professional experience in addition to that required for holders of a tertiary A qualification.

Candidates who do not hold a tertiary qualification
For example: secondary II diploma, CFC, AFP or academic/vocational baccalaureate.
A limited number of candidates may be admitted on the basis of their application if they meet the following conditions:
Provide proof of two years' additional professional experience to that required for holders of a tertiary B qualification, with a minimum of five years' professional experience;

For all certification programs: Demonstrate that you have acquired the necessary scientific or methodological knowledge, for example by having completed a preliminary methodological module.

Two major players in continuing education join forces to offer banking programs

Prof. Andrea Baranzini - Director HEG-Genève and Dr Mathias Baitan - General Manager ISFB

"Geneva, September 28, 2023 – The Geneva School of Business Administration (HEG-Genève) and the Institut Supérieur de Formation Bancaire (ISFB) are combining their expertise to offer a center of excellence in the field of continuing education for banking professionals. This partnership will provide banking professionals with an expanded range of continuing education opportunities starting in the first quarter of 2024.

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