Citizens Teller Bilingual Portuguese or Spanish

Citizens Bank; Kearny (NJ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Bank is seeking a dedicated Teller to enhance customer experiences and assist with financial transactions. This role involves greeting customers, providing personalized advice, and ensuring compliance with financial policies. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and a commitment to customer service. Join a team that values community involvement and offers career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Paid time off for volunteering

401K with corporate match

Tuition assistance

Comprehensive health care coverage

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months experience processing transactions.
• Minimum of 1 year demonstrated customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and assist with transactions using mobile app and ATMs.
• Provide personalized advice to help customers achieve financial goals.
• Educate customers on Citizens products and benefits.

Skills

Bilingual in Portuguese

Bilingual in Spanish

Strong listening skills

Strong communication skills

Problem solving

Customer-centric

Digital technology use

Education

High School degree or GED

Job description

Description

Starting Salary: $19 / hour and up

As a Citizens Teller - YOU make a real difference for our customers and the branch team.

What you'll do

You’ll greet our customers in our lobbies. You’re comfortable enough with technology to demonstrate how to use our mobile app, or our ATMs, to complete simple transactions. You’ll create amazing experiences for our customers, looking for opportunities to help them achieve their financial goals by providing personalized advice and solutions that meet their needs, and connect them to our Bankers for the next step. Your knowledge of Citizens products and benefits will educate customers, and allow you to effectively respond to questions and/or concerns. All financial policies and procedures will be followed, including proper cash handling, state and local laws and regulations.

What you'll get

• Meaningful work & relationships – Help customers with important financial decisions that impact their lives like building a business, buying a house, paying for school or helping them realize their long-term financial goals. Colleagues and leadership listen to your ideas and feedback.
• Commitment to community – Give back with 4 hours of paid time off annually for volunteering, separate from regular PTO, and have your donations to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations matched, up to $1,000 annually.
• Career opportunities, reward, and upskilling – See your hard work rewarded with promotions and opportunities to grow your career through training, coaching, career planning and development resources that enable you to branch off in any direction your talents and interests take you.
• Exceptional benefits – Receive comprehensive health care coverage, including medical, dental and vision plans, a 401K with corporate match, tuition assistance, mental health and wellbeing programs, discounts on student loan refinancing, and more.

Required Qualifications

• High School degree or GED
• Bilingual in Portuguese or Spanish
• Minimum of 6 months experience processing transactions (cash and/or digital payments)
• Minimum of 1 year demonstrated customer experience, recommending and referring products and services to customers
• Strong listening and communication skills
• Ability to effectively ask questions and identify needs to enhance and develop a long-term customer relationship
• Ability to problem solve and provide solutions to customer issues
• Customer-centric to deliver exceptional service
• Comfortable with using digital technology to support the delivery of business goals
• Ability to work branch hours, which can include weekends and evenings
• Qualified candidates must complete a video interview assessment after applying as the next step, to be completed within 7 days of receiving the link. How to prepare: Set aside 30-45 minutes for the self-guided assessment that includes games and questions. Find a quiet place to record and be camera-ready. You’ll need a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer with your camera and microphone enabled. You’ll answer questions to share your skills and experience, and bring your personality to the interview. This step accelerates the interview process, moving qualified candidates to hiring manager interview fast.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• 1 year of experience processing transactions (cash and/or digital payments)
• Motivates others, like teammates, business partners, and specialists, through collaboration
• Process-oriented, energetic, detail-oriented and ability to multitask effectively

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 30
• Work Schedule: Varies with branch needs and may include weekends and evenings

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.