Brokerage Registered Client Service Associate

Truist Financial Corporation; Cockeysville (MD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation in Hunt Valley, MD is seeking an in-office Financial Services Assistant to support Financial Advisors with client servicing, preparation of financial plans, and trade processing.

Role involves scheduling, data entry in Salesforce, preparing meeting materials, and ensuring compliant paperwork. Strong communication, licensing, and office software skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and related training.
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• Experience in the securities industry and/or a sales assistant role.
• Knowledge of securities markets and brokerage accounts.
• Knowledge of the features and attributes of annuity products.
• FINRA SIE, Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.
• Exceptional telephone skills and the ability to appropriately interact with clients regarding securities transactions.
• Effective time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with clients and teammates.
• Ability to evaluate, assimilate and utilize detailed information.
• Ability to work in a self-directed fashion.
• Proficiency in basic computer applications such as Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Assist Financial Advisors in servicing clients including preparing financial plans and completing client trades.
• Receive and place orders; respond to market information inquiries and trading features.
• Process corporate actions requiring licenses.
• Schedule and confirm client appointments; enter data in Salesforce; prepare meeting agendas.
• Manage advisor's calendar to maximize productivity.
• Maximize sales opportunities by contacting potential investment clients.
• Provide operational guidance to Financial Advisors.
• Ensure new business paperwork is accurately submitted.
• Authenticate high-risk transactions.
• Maintain professional environment and client-facing presence.
• Process operational requests as directed.
• Coordinate with Advisors on reports and distributions.
• Support branch location needs as required.

Skills

Exceptional telephone skills

Effective time management

Professional communication

Self-directed work approach

Microsoft Office proficiency

Salesforce data entry

Knowledge of securities markets

Understanding of brokerage accounts

Ability to evaluate technical info

FINRA SIE license

Series 7 license

Series 66 license

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or banking

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:

English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

This is an in-office position and the location is 307 International Circle, Hunt Valley, Maryland.

Responsible for the general servicing and support of the Financial Advisors. This includes administrative and operational support, business development assistance, and providing a consistent and effective level of client servicing when the Financial Advisor is unavailable.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Assist Financial Advisors in servicing clients including preparing financial plans, conducting investment research and completing client trades and transactions.
• Receive and place orders as directed from Financial Advisor and assigned clients. Reply to queries regarding general market information such as quotes and news, as well as trading and order features such as GTC expiration dates and settlement.
• Process corporate actions where a license is warranted, such as tender offers, optional dividends and the exercise of warrants and rights.
• Schedule and confirm client appointments, enter data in SalesForce, create meeting agendas and summaries, prepare/coordinate marking events and perform general administrative functions such as answer and return calls, manage the expense report process, prepare routine client correspondence and perform maintenance of client records.
• Manage the financial advisor's calendar to maximize the appointments' productivity by minimizing travel time and anticipating the time frame required for presentation and answering of questions.
• Maximize sales opportunities by contacting potential investment clients based on internal and bank leads. Use product and industry knowledge to identify existing client, account, and product attributes that present sales potential.
• Provide operational guidance to Financial Advisors ranging from systems navigation to document fulfillment.
• Ensure new business paperwork is accurately successfully submitted. This includes preparing forms to be presented to clients, obtaining appropriate signatures, submission and follow-up of new account documentation.
• Mitigate risk through appropriate authentication standards. This includes the authentication of incoming and outgoing client calls. Required to perform authentication callbacks for high risk transactions, such as third party distributions, profile changes and wires.
• Maintain a professional environment and create a positive impression.
• Submit and process certain operational requests as instructed by the Financial Advisor and/or client. These may include: funds distributions, deposits of checks, journals, client and account updates, ACAT initiation and other operational tasks.
• Work in coordination with the Financial Advisor to ensure certain reports are reviewed and addressed, such as insufficient funds for periodic distributions and RMDs not met.
• May assist with physical branch location needs, such as opening, closing, general requests for maintenance or service.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and related training.
• Experience in the securities industry and/or a sales assistant role.
• Knowledge of securities markets and brokerage accounts.
• Knowledge of the features and attributes of annuity products.
• FINRA SIE, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 7 and Series 66 licenses.
• Exceptional telephone skills and the ability to appropriately interact with clients of all experience levels regarding securities transactions and brokerage accounts.
• Effective time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with clients, managers and other teammates.
• Ability to evaluate, assimilate and utilize detailed and complex written and verbal technical information.
• Ability to work in a self-directed fashion.
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of experience in the securities industry.
• Previous sales and/or banking experience.
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, banking or equivalent education and related training.
• Demonstrated experience in a call center or brokerage office environment, preferably focusing on outbound sales calls.

The annual base salary for this position is $58,000 - $75,000. Additional incentive pay is available for this position.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation:

All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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