Relationship Selling

BFIN 360
Closed
SAIT
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Academic Chair
1
Timeline
  • September 20, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 21, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 9, 2021
    Discovery
  • October 23, 2021
    Recommendations
  • November 1, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Accounting Communications
Skills
financial advising financial planning finance ethical standards and conduct financial services research
Student goals and capabilities

Looking to deliver financial advice to individual clients, or your employees? Bring on students from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in the Finance Department to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience.

This is an opportunity to mentor students, as well as benefit from having teams of financial planning students analyze and research the best recommendations/alternatives to help your clients reach their goals. Let the students come up with creative recommendations and a professional financial plan to offer your clients.

Students in this program will have experience with financial product-based role plays, and will employ all elements of the model with the ultimate objective to utilize these skills in a real world setting. Ethical practices in the financial services industry will be examined with an emphasis on the Canadian Financial Planners code of ethics.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
30 students
Project
5 hours per student
Students self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the partnership. However, these deliverables must be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start of the work period.

Project timeline
  • September 20, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 21, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 9, 2021
    Discovery
  • October 23, 2021
    Recommendations
  • November 1, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Examples of projects could include situations where financial advisors could add value to their clients by offering to produce a financial plan with robust recommendations for special client situations.

The students could work on any kind of client scenario where a financial plan is needed to provide options for managing debt and improving cash flow, saving for a home, reaching retirement goals, ensuring clients are financially secure, or developing estate planning and risk management recommendations.

The primary objective of this experience is to have students work individually with a mentor, where they will have the opportunity to complete a discovery call to determine a client's needs, and then offer some initial recommendations.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address studentsโ€™ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.

Be available for at least 2 follow-up meetings with the students to monitor progress, clarify doubts, and answer questions.

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.