The Client & Advisor Experience Associate is responsible for designing, centralizing, and optimizing the end-to-end client and advisor experience. This role sits at the intersection of service design, operations, technology, and advisory teams, ensuring a seamless, consistent, and scalable omni-channel experience across every client touchpoint.
The Associate will bring a structured, data-driven mindset to process design, communication infrastructure, and performance management — serving as a key driver of cross-functional alignment and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Process Design & Centralization
- Own the end-to-end design and implementation of centralized client-facing processes.
- Lead engagement letter distribution workflows, template standardization, and documentation governance.
- Coordinate across advisory, operations, compliance, and technology teams to ensure consistent execution.
- Identify inefficiencies, eliminate redundancies, and implement scalable workflow solutions.
- Design and operationalize seamless omni-channel client experience spanning: Digital properties (client portals, email communications, mobile touchpoints)
- Live channels (managed phone lines, in-person interactions)
- Self-service platforms
- Establish consistent service standards, messaging frameworks, and escalation protocols across all channels.
- Identify friction points in the client journey and implement solutions to enhance continuity and ease of engagement.
Client Communication Infrastructure
- Manage the buildout and ongoing operations of centralized communication channels, including managed phone lines, shared inboxes, and digital engagement tools.
- Define operating procedures, service-level standards, routing logic, and escalation paths.
- Monitor performance and continuously refine infrastructure to improve responsiveness and quality.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as the connective tissue across advisory, operations, compliance, and technology teams.
- Align stakeholders on process requirements and implementation priorities.
- Remove bottlenecks and drive adoption of new workflows in a matrixed environment.
- Influence without direct authority, building credibility and trust across all levels of the organization.
- Present updates, recommendations, and insights clearly to senior leadership.
Training & Change Management
- Develop and deliver structured training programs for internal stakeholders on new client and advisor experience processes.
- Create playbooks, SOPs, job aids, and documentation to sustain adoption.
- Reinforce omni-channel service protocols and behavioral standards.
- Support change management efforts to embed consistent service delivery across all touchpoints.
Data, Analytics & Performance Management
- Define and maintain a core set of experience-focused performance metrics, including: Turnaround times
- Completion rates
- Call volume trends
- Build reporting frameworks to monitor process health and service effectiveness.
- Translate data into actionable insights and prioritized recommendations.
- Proactively surface trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Present data-driven findings in a clear, decision-ready format for senior stakeholders.
Project Management
- Manage multiple concurrent workstreams with defined milestones, timelines, and accountability structures.
- Apply structured project management methodologies to ensure execution rigor.
- Escalate risks, dependencies, and key decisions appropriately to the Senior Manager.
- Maintain clear documentation of progress, outcomes, and next steps.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- 2-3 years of relatable experience
- Financial services, consulting, or healthcare background preferred
- Demonstrated experience designing or managing service delivery across digital and live channels
- Strong understanding of cohesive client journey design, service standards, and escalation frameworks
- Structured, data-driven thinker with the ability to translate metrics into actionable insights
- Proficiency in Excel, Tableau, or comparable analytics tools preferred
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build credibility quickly and influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
- Comfortable presenting insights and recommendations to senior audiences