846 Advizers

Zach

Assistant Vice President

Fortune 100 Bank

University of Arizona
Arizona State University, MBA

Zach has over 9 years of experience across relationship management, risk management, and operations management across two industries including financial services and logistics/operations.
ASU W.P. Carey School of Business

ASU W.P. Carey School of Business

MBA
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Finance
Finance
Greek Life Member

Q1Career path

Teamwork

Resilience

Networking

2:40

"Sometimes there's 40 hours of school on top of like 40 to 50 hours of work, but you're on it together. "

Q2Main responsibilities

Financial Services

MBA

Career Pivoting

1:09

"So I decided to pivot in financial services again. I wanna do something more high level."

Q3Day in the life

Risk Management

Financial Services

Client Relations

1:16

"Sometimes they just need a little extra support with those types of clients. You know, they're very complex, lots of vaults and that type of thing."

Q4Most important skills - role

Mentorship

Risk Management

Leadership

0:57

"People pull us aside for mentorship and career advice. We're constantly getting hold of that stuff."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

0:43

"the biggest universal skill I'd highlight, really those soft skills. just being able to influence, being able to talk to different groups of people"

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Helping People

Career Development

Risk Management

1:31

"Folks are constantly coming to us with self-development questions, and then sometimes just being able to help 'em out"

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Mentorship

Building Trust

Leadership

0:51

"if you need an extra five minutes to make sure you're giving them the correct answer, like really looking into something, just really make sure"

Q8Who thrives in industry

Investing

Finance

Retirement Planning

1:52

"I really enjoy the investment side quite a bit. I think stocks are interesting."

Q9Wish known before - industry

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"good soft skills. Um, so there's a few, there's a few different paths you can initially go."

Q10Entry-level positions

Decision-Making

Patience

Career Development

1:04

"making good decisions is important and just, you know, really putting my best foot forward"

Q11Significant lesson - career

Financial Services

Networking

Entry-Level Positions

0:58

"a more typical way that we see folks break in who end up working really good jobs is starting on the phone, doing that for a couple years, working their way up and then pivoting into something better."

Q12College ideas for success

Patience

Career Development

Overcoming Challenges

0:59

"always trying to better yourself. But just understanding, you know, it can take a little bit of time."

Q13How identity impacted career

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"getting involved on campus is really helpful"

Q14Most impactful experience at W.P. Carey

Confidence

Overcoming Challenges

Communication

1:00

"those perceived weaknesses, um, you can turn into strengths"