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Corporate · Two columns · ATS 4/5

Banking CV template

A navy masthead over a 68/32 split — credentials right, deal history left.

Corporate templates are built for a reader who sees a hundred CVs a week and is looking for evidence: numbers, scope, budget, headcount, in that order. Two columns and no portrait: density where you need it, and nothing on the page that a black-and-white printer would ruin.

Live preview of the Banking CV template, rendered at full page size with an example CV. The preview is the same code that generates your PDF.

The design

About the Banking CV layout

Banking CV opens with a solid navy masthead that reverses your name and one centred contact row out of the colour, then drops straight into a 68/32 body divided by a hairline rule. Skills, certifications and languages sit in the narrow right column so a hiring manager can check regulatory credentials at a glance, leaving the wide column entirely for coverage and transaction history. The colour band is confined to the top of the first page, so later pages stay plain white and print without a solid ink block.

Who it’s for

The readers and situations this layout was drawn for.

  • Investment and corporate banking analysts
  • Risk, compliance and credit professionals
  • Candidates with licences to display prominently

Key features

What is actually different about this template on the page.

  • Reversed-out masthead with centred contact row
  • 68 / 32 body split by a hairline rule
  • Credential column for skills, certifications and languages
  • Colour limited to page one for cheaper printing

ATS score 4/5 · Strong

How this layout behaves in an applicant tracking system

Four out of five: the wide column keeps experience and education in a single reading order, and only the narrow column — skills, languages, certifications — is exposed to being re-ordered by a strict parser.

The narrow column is a second text box. Most current systems read it after the main column; a minority interleave the two, which can drop a skills list into the middle of a job description.

A single column parses more reliably than two, in every system we have tested against. If the application goes through a portal you do not recognise, or the employer is large enough to screen automatically, send a one-column version instead — the ATS CV templates are built for that job, and your content moves across without being retyped.

Parsing checklistATS score 4 out of 5
Reading order
Two blocks
Headings
Real text
Tables
None
Images
None
Selectable text
Yes

Scores are our own assessment of how a parser handles the layout — never a guarantee about one specific employer’s system.

In practice

Three situations Banking CV is the right answer to

Templates are chosen badly when they are chosen in the abstract. Here is what sending this one actually looks like.
Case 1

A direct application to a mid-sized employer

Small enough that a human opens the file, structured enough that the wide column still parses if it is loaded into a database later — the position most applications actually occupy. Where it earns its keep: Investment and corporate banking analysts.

Case 2

Numbers first

Certifications, licences and languages sit where a reviewer expects to find them, in the side column, leaving the main column free for revenue, headcount, budget and P&L figures.

Case 3

A regulated or compliance-heavy sector

Finance, law, healthcare and the public sector all prefer a CV with no personal imagery, and often have policies that say so. This layout puts the emphasis on credentials instead. Banking CV has no photo slot to remove, so the same file works in every market you send it to.

Make it yours

Customising Banking CV

The template sets the structure; everything inside it is yours. Colours, fonts, spacing, section order and paper size are all controls in the CV builder, and the preview updates as you change them — nothing is applied blind.

Accent colour

Banking CV ships with #0b2545 as its accent. Keep the accent dark: navy, charcoal, oxblood or a deep green. A bright hue is the fastest way to undercut the seriousness that makes this layout work, and it is the first thing to look wrong when the page is printed in black and white.

Fonts and heading style

A neutral sans body with a heavier heading weight is the safe pairing. A transitional serif for headings is the alternative if the employer is an older institution rather than a modern corporate. Heading case — uppercase, capitalised or as typed — is a separate switch, and it changes the character of the page more than most people expect.

Spacing and density

Density is yours to set. Because the side column is narrower, drop the type size a notch before you reduce margins — long certification names are the first thing to wrap awkwardly on a two-column page.

Sections and order

Experience and achievements dominate; certifications and languages matter in finance, banking and consulting so both are wired in. Interests and volunteering can be switched off entirely without leaving a gap. Every section can be renamed, reordered or hidden, and Pro adds custom sections for anything the standard set does not cover.

Paper size and export

A4 or US Letter, switched in one control, with the layout re-flowing to the new page rather than being scaled to fit. The PDF is generated from the same code you see in the preview, so what you approve on screen is what downloads.

Banking CV: common questions

Mostly. It scores 4 out of 5 because the wide column keeps your experience and education in a single reading order — only the side column carrying skills and certifications is exposed to being re-ordered. A one-column layout remains the more reliable choice for portal applications.

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Start your CV with Banking CV

Open it with the example content already in place, replace it with your own, and download a PDF when it reads the way you want. Switching to another template later keeps every word you have written.

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