SBI Clerk 2023 Job Profile

SBI Clerk- Job Profile 2023

Here are all the details you wanted to know about SBI Clerk's salary & his/ her job responsibilities.

Job Profile of SBI Clerk

• To work as a Single Window Operator (SWO) looking after the day-to-day activities of the bank such as
  • Opening bank accounts for new customers
  • Issuing demand drafts
  • Processing cheques
  • Handling RTGS/ NEFT
  • Cheque books requests etc.
• To face customers, address their issues/ concerns, and provide them with the right guidance
• To work as a cashier as per the requirement
• To verify documents, countersign, and clear cheques/ drafts
• To work on documentation and do routine tasks like ledger maintenance, balance tallying, data entry, etc.
• To market financial products of the bank such as loans, schemes, deposits, etc.
• To scrutinize applications to ensure that they are complete
• To call customers to sell/ cross-sell banking services and advisory services

SBI Clerk Career Growth 2023

Thanks to the fast-track promotion process at SBI, the career growth of an SBI Clerk is relatively better than that of clerks of other banks. A clerk can reach up to the profile of the General Manager. Promotions either happen in the cadre (in the clerical cadre itself) or in the officer cadre.

In-Cadre Promotion of an SBI Clerk

• An employee who has completed 10 years of service will be promoted to ‘Senior Assistant' which carries a special allowance of Rs 1,800.
• Similarly, those employees who have completed 20 & 30 years of service and gets promoted to ‘Senior Assistant' get a special allowance of Rs 2,500 & 3,500 respectively.

Officer Cadre Promotion of an SBI Clerk

• An SBI Clerk can become a trainee officer if s/he has completed 3 years of service and cleared the written test & interview. There is a probation period of 2 years.
• After the probation period ends, depending upon his performance, the trainee officer will be either recruited into MMGS-II (Middle Management Grade Scale) cadre or will be sent back to the clerical cadre.
• After completing 6 years of service under the fast-track promotion channel or after completing 12 years of service under the normal promotion channel, a clerk can become a JMGS-I (Junior Manager Grade Scale). This promotion is subject to an upper age limit and s/he needs to clear a written test & interview.