Wealth Management Banking Services - Client Service Representative

Wealth Management Banking Services - Client Service Representative

Chandler, Arizona

To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.

Job Description :

Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance.

Merrill's Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Client Associates help clients pursue the life they envision through a personal relationship with their advisory team committed to their needs. We believe trust comes from transparency. Our trusted advisory teams are equipped with access to the investment insights of Merrill coupled with the banking convenience of Bank of America.

Merrill is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Merrill, we empower you to bring your whole self to work. We value diversity in our thoughts, business, and within our employees and clients. Our Wealth Management team represents an array of different backgrounds and bring their unique perspectives, ideas and experiences, helping to create a work community that is culture driven, resilient, results focused and effective.

Job Description :

This job is responsible for providing exceptional customer service to clients in an inbound call center environment. Key responsibilities include receiving calls from clients, branch offices, banking centers, and various internal associates and adhering to the bank's policies and procedures, while thinking critically to determine the best course of action to resolve the issue at hand. Job expectations include providing appropriate account maintenance and resolving client requests in a timely and accurate manner, while demonstrating empathy.

Responsibilities :

Navigates through multiple applications, systems, tools, and resources to clearly articulate complete and accurate information on client inquiries around retail, retirement, and brokerage account information

Handles escalated and complex inquiries on accounts with care, aiming to resolve concerns in a timely manner and deliver exceptional customer service

Manages risk by accurately authenticating clients, fully adhering to policies and procedures, and proactively identifying / escalating potential risk

Communicates effectively while offering empathy and demonstrating professionalism during all interactions with clients

Navigates multiple systems to migrate clients to on-line and self-service delivery channels that enable constant account access

Required Qualifications :

Minimum one year experience verbally delivering complex information clearly, concisely and with empathy, while quickly establishing trust and exuding positivity and confidence

Must possess the skills to navigate between multiple screens and keep the client / recipient fully engaged, while quickly and accurately typing relevant notes and information

Strong analytical ability and organizational skills

Strong communications skills, great grammar, and the ability to communicate with management, peers, and clients

Proven ability to handle professionally and tactfully confrontational and / or stressful interactions and ability to de-escalate difficult client situations

Able to prioritize issues and handle several sensitive processes at once in a timely fashion

Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision, excellent decision-making skills, work for accuracy and must be able to meet deadlines

Ability to resolve problems and prevent client dissatisfaction

Handling escalated clients and demonstrates the ability to de-escalate when possible

Ability to manage / direct multiple functions effectively while delivering results

Ability to demonstrate flexibility and work well under pressure in a fast paced, high call volume, and constant changing environment

Ability to handle confidential matters and sensitive information in a responsible manner

Desired Qualifications :

Currently holds or is pursuing a Bachelor's Degree

Experience in a call center and / or a financial / banking center

Client service experience?

Skills : Account Management

Customer and Client Focus

Issue Management

Oral Communications

Active Listening

Adaptability

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Attention to Detail

Business Acumen

Valuation Ethics and Practice Standards

Minimum Education Requirement : High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

For internal employees; participation in a work from home posture does not make you ineligible to post, however, may require to meet the workplace excellence policy.

Shift :

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week : 40

Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.

Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy ("Policy") establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. Should you be offered a role with Bank of America, your hiring manager will provide you with information on the in-office expectations associated with your role. These expectations are subject to change at any time and at the sole discretion of the Company. To the extent you have a disability or sincerely held religious belief for which you believe you need a reasonable accommodation from this requirement, you must seek an accommodation through the Bank's required accommodation request process before your first day of work.

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