Operations Coordinator

Stifel Financial Corp.; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Stifel is seeking an Operations Coordinator to perform daily cashiering and branch office operational functions, serving as liaison between the branch and home office and providing overflow support to other branch associates.

You will maintain accurate records, handle deposits and wires, process reorganizations and transfers, and assist Financial Advisors' operations with client accounts and documentation, emphasizing teamwork and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum required: High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Minimum required: 1+ years Administrative experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily cashiering functions for the branch related to deposits, wires, and checks.
• Execute routine operational functions including margin notifications, reorg selections, and transfer requests.
• Liaise between the branch and home office for operational matters and communicate impact to branch personnel.
• Provide overflow support for opening client accounts, preparing investment documentation, and processing disbursements.
• Maintain accurate and complete account and trade records/files per firm policy and regulation.
• Identify matters that require escalation such as suspicious activity, customer complaints, or trading errors.

Skills

Team collaboration

Workload organization

Financial services knowledge

Analytical reasoning

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Administrative experience (1+ year)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel,where success meets success.

What You'll Be Doing

The Operations Coordinator performs the daily cashiering and operational functions for the branch office. The Coordinator is also responsible for liaising between the branch and home office on operational matters as well as providing overflow support to other branch associates.

What We're Looking For

• Perform daily cashiering functions for the branch related to incoming deposits of checks and securities, outgoing wires and checks.
• Execute routine operational functions including margin notifications and resolution, processing corporate reorganization (reorg) selections, and handling account transfer requests.
• Liaise between the branch and home office for all operational matters that arise and communicate the impact to branch personnel.
• Provide overflow support for the daily operation of the Financial Advisors businesses not limited to opening client accounts, preparing and processing investment documentation, facilitating outgoing check requests and other disbursements, and maintaining current client information.
• Maintain accurate and complete account and trade records/files as required by Firm policy and industry regulation.
• Identify matters that require escalation including suspicious activity, customer complaints, trading errors, and violation of industry regulation or Firm policy.

What You'll Bring

• Effectively collaborate and work as a team with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to organize large amounts of information and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Basic understanding of the Financial Services industry.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to practical problem solving

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: High School Diploma or equivalent experience
• Minimum Required: 1+ years Administrative experience

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: None

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.