Adv Brokerage Operations Professional

thrivent; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account

401k

Pension

Paid Time Off

Volunteer Time Off

Parental leave

Job summary

Thrivent is seeking a service-oriented associate to answer member and field calls, process new accounts and transfers, and ensure accurate, compliant handling of complex transactions. You will support policy development and collaborate across teams to meet service targets.

Ideal candidates have a finance or business background, strong communication, and FINRA licensing or the ability to obtain within 90 days. Role is full-time in the Minneapolis area with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• High School diploma with 1-2 years in financial services.
• FINRA Series 7 and 63/65, or 66 required or obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Provide services as part of a brokerage operations team, handling calls and workflow.
• Maintain understanding of brokerage products and applicable policies.
• Build professional relationships with field professionals and internal units.
• Analyze and provide timely service meeting quality standards.
• Communicate clearly to convey account status and progress.

Skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Microsoft Office proficiency

Microsoft Outlook proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Economics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

This position is accountable for answering incoming phone calls and processing new account documents, maintenance requests, transfers and distributions. This includes analyzing and processing non-routine and/or complex new business and service transactions (including "not in good order" items). Position will also make outbound calls as required. Ensures service-related activities are performed quickly, accurately, cost-effectively and in compliance with internal service and state and federal regulatory standards. Provides support in the development of policies/procedures and quality assessments. This position focuses on using job or technical knowledge and skills to serve customers effectively. Willingly cooperates and works collaboratively to accomplish department objectives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide services as part of a brokerage operations functional team. This includes answering member and field phone calls, assisting other team members, managing workflow, flexing to provide functional coverage and collaborating with other service teams.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of brokerage operations products, services and affiliated systems including the NFS and Thrivent systems and applicable operational policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain a high quality and professional working relationship with all field professionals, clearing firm and internal business units.
• Analyze, approve and provide high quality and timely service assuring strong member and field satisfaction and achieving and exceeding established service level timeframes.
• Provide quality customer service by providing detailed, accurate and timely communications to ensure the field and clients have a reasonable understanding of the operational status of the account.
• Achieve or exceed department quality standards.

Required Job Qualifications

• High School diploma, 1-2 years related Financial Services industry experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite tools, Microsoft Outlook in particular
• FINRA Series 7 and 63/65, or 66 required or obtained within 90 days of hire. Additional licensure by manager approval as specific job accountabilities warrant.

Other Critical Factors

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field i.e. Business, Finance, Economics
• 3-5 years experience in Brokerage industry, with particular focus in Account Transfers

Pay Transparency

Thrivent's long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $22.92 - $31.01 per hour, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.

Thrivent's commitment and benefits

Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.

Benefits

• various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• health savings account
• flexible spending account
• 401k
• pension
• life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• disability insurance
• supplemental protection insurance
• 20 days of Paid Time Off each year
• Sick and Safe Time
• 10 paid company holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• paid parental leave
• EAP
• well-being benefits, and other employee benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex , gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state , or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.

Accommodation for individuals with disabilities

Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation , please let us know by sending an email to [e-mail] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.