Senior Client Specialist

First Horizon Bank; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

First Horizon Corp. is seeking a Client Specialist Sr. to support banking relationships and provide exceptional service and operational support to associates and clients. The role manages client requests, facilitates account operations, and ensures accurate documentation and transactions.

You will serve as a liaison among clients, teams, and internal partners, drive growth through cross-selling, and ensure compliance with KYC, documentation, and risk controls while mentoring others.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent plus 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Open new accounts with complete, accurate client documentation
• Collect and review entity due diligence, KYC, and beneficial ownership for compliance
• Image and index deposit and client docs for recordkeeping
• Perform account maintenance: add/remove signers and update records
• Respond to client inquiries on bank products, accounts, and policies
• Identify cross-sell opportunities aligning with clients’ operations
• Demonstrate knowledge of banking systems and controls to protect clients and bank
• Resolve documentation exceptions and assist with past dues
• Provide loan support: collect payments, fees, and process advances
• Understand loan docs and differentiate internal documents
• Collaborate with Loan Ops, Treasury, and Deposit Operations for monitoring
• Generate reports from banking systems and compile data for reporting
• Prepare bank materials to support relationship management and engagement
• Serve as SME and mentor for other Client Specialists
• Lead Client Specialist training sessions for the market
• Provide day-to-day guidance on complex client needs and procedures
• Model service excellence, accuracy, and adherence to risk/compliance
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job description

Summary

The Client Specialist (CS) Sr. role supports the line of business by providing exceptional service and operational support to associates and clients. This role is responsible for managing client requests, facilitating account operations, and ensuring the accuracy and completion of documentation and transactions. The CS Sr. acts as a liaison between clients, associates, and internal partners to deliver a seamless client experience and support growth initiatives. This role places emphasis on relationship management and serving needs for teams and their portfolio of clients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Open new accounts and ensure complete, accurate documentation is obtained from clients
• Collect and review entity due diligence, Know Your Customer (KYC), and beneficial ownership information to satisfy compliance requirements
• Image and index all deposit and client documentation to ensure proper recordkeeping
• Perform account maintenance, including adding/removing signers and updating client records
• Respond to client inquiries regarding bank products, services, account details, and policies, conduct account research, file and process fraud claims
• Proactively identify cross-selling opportunities, recommending additional bank products and services that align with clients’ operational needs
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of banking systems, internal processes, tools and resources available to associates, and controls designed to protect the bank and our clients
• Research and resolve exceptions in required documentation; loan, collateral and deposit exceptions, assist with past dues
• Provide loan support to relationship teams, collection of payments and fees, processing advances on lines of credit
• Demonstrate knowledge of the loan documentation process, including the ability to identify and differentiate internal loan documents, as well as an understanding of attorney-prepared documentation
• Collaborate with Loan Operations, Treasury Management and DepositOperations to ensure ongoing, satisfactory monitoring of lending, depository and Treasury Management services for clients
• Assist in generating reports from banking systems and platforms, accurately compiling relevant data in alignment with line of business and reporting needs, if requested
• Assist with the preparation of bank materials, such as presentations, reports, client communications, or product information packets to support relationship management and client engagement strategies, if requested
• Serves as a subject matter expert and peer mentor for other Client Specialists
• Leads Client Specialist training sessions for the market
• Provides day-to-day guidance on complex client needs, systems, and procedures
• Models service excellence, operational accuracy, and adherence to risk and compliance standards

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Additionally, the qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required in this position:

High school diploma or equivalent and 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.