Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Answers calls and questions from financial advisors (FA’s) and sales assistants (SA’s) related to account opening and maintenance.
- Establishes new client accounts by utilizing industry registration requirements.
- Via department workflows, enforces documentation requirements of clients and accounts to meet industry policies and regulations, including Anti Money Laundering and Know Your Client.
- Reviews standard issues, analyzes and interprets data and determines appropriate corrective action.
- Understands client needs, identifies root causes of problems and implements pragmatic solutions.
- Processes various basic department related reports and contacts FA’s and SA’s to resolve account issues.
- Supports and complies with established policies and procedures. May recommend suggestions to improve workflows, policies and procedures.
- May act in a mentor capacity to less experienced associates.
- Contributes to department projects, documentation, general analysis and testing as needed.
- Participates in a high learning culture where on-the-job training is prevalent.
- Reviews daily tasks for accuracy and completeness. Maintains detailed records/notes to ensure all client requests are logged and completed in a timely fashion.
- Assists other areas of the department with various functions when volume is high and/or staffing levels are low.
- May be required to assist with after-hour account validation events related to Mass Account Transfers.
- May participate in general User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system and new process implementation.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Operations and New Account systems.
- Basic customer operations and the financial industry.
- Basic accounting concepts and principles.
- Basic investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry and as required New Accounts.
Skill in:
- Detail orientation and flexibility sufficient to handle high volume of phone calls requiring quick analytical and supportive responses.
- Interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills sufficient to interact with associates at all levels of the organization as well as financial advisors and branch personnel.
- Identifying and resolving operational issues.
- Numerical aptitude and critical thinking sufficient to solve operational problems.
- Analyzing operational processes and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports and electronic communication.
Ability to:
- Organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Multitask to handle phones and processing.
- Use independent judgment on a variety of issues.
- Work constructively under stress and pressure when faced with high volume and deadlines.
- Provide courteous, timely service when addressing client issues and transactions.
- Use good judgment in responding to a variety of client issues.
- Competently analyze and prioritize information to make appropriate recommendations
- Demonstrate efficiency and flexibility in performing detailed transactional tasks in a fast-paced work environment with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.
- Participate in on the job training and other learning activities to develop knowledge and understanding of FINRA, state and other regulatory agency rules and regulations regarding client accounts.
- Take an active part in the training and development of new associates.
- Review, understand and interpret legal documentation
- Adhere to a schedule.
- High School Degree or equivalent with at least two (2) years of customer service experience. Experience in a contact center environment and college degree preferred.
This is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position: $18.75/hour - $25.00/hour
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K