Senior Registered Client Service Associate

100 Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James in St. Louis, MO seeks an experienced Client Services Associate to support financial advisors and their clients.

You will handle onboarding, account setup, and client inquiries, while assisting with meetings, marketing efforts, and reporting to drive practice efficiency. The role requires state registrations (SIE, Series 7, 63/65/66 as needed) and a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance, accuracy, and high-quality service.

Qualifications

• High School diploma plus 5 years in financial services.
• SIE and Series 7 required; additional state registrations as needed.
• Series 63, 65 and/or 66 as required by state.

Responsibilities

• Serve as first point of contact for a high volume of client interactions via phone, in-person, and mailings.
• Assist with onboarding new clients and opening accounts.
• Assist with trading and monitoring of investments.
• Support Financial Advisors with meetings, seminars, and marketing.
• Prepare reports to improve practice efficiency and metrics.
• Ensure documents comply with firm and regulatory requirements.

Skills

CRM software

Goal planning

Excel reporting

Client communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serves as first point of contact to service a high volume of daily interactions, including basic inquiries, providing quotes and scheduling of meetings, with prospective and existing clients on the phone, in-person, virtually and through mailings.
• Helps manage and standardize best practices for various activities: new client on-boarding, large client liquidity events, private placement investment monitoring.
• Trading of both discretionary and non-discretionary products, model maintenance and performance tracking.
• Servicing of alternative investments and foreign accounts, including setup and maintenance.
• May participate in live meetings with the Financial Advisor and their respective client(s).
• Manages budgeting and tracking of Financial Advisor expenses.
• Creates reports to build more practice efficiencies, identify key practice performance metrics, and helps implement processes to further enhance the team’s performance.
• Onboards new clients, opens new client accounts and researches client and security information using internal databases and other technologies.
• Ensures key client information and documentation is current with firm and industry requirements, rules and regulations.
• Works both independently and within a dynamic team environment to provide crucial support to the financial advisors and branch office.
• May solicit order from clients at the direction of the Financial Advisor.
• Receives unsolicited orders from the clients; may enter unsolicited trades at the direction of the Financial Advisor.
• Assists Financial Advisors with marketing efforts including seminars, mail and other client-facing events.
• Actively engages in available training/cross-training and educational and/or professional development opportunities to remain current on firm and industry policies and procedures.
• Acts as mentor and resource to junior team members; manages team workflow and works towards creating greater team operational efficiencies.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Company’s working structure, policies, mission, and strategies.
• Managed account platforms.
• General office practices, procedures, and methods.
• Advanced investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry.
• Financial markets, products and industry regulations.
• Trading terminology.

Skill in

• Client Relationship Management (CRM) software, or similar contact management software.
• Goal planning software.
• Excel, including developing spreadsheets as needed and for ongoing reporting.
• Effective communication across multiple client interactive platforms (in-person, virtual, phone and mail).

Ability to

• Operate standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Analyze and research account information.
• Organize, manage, and track multiple, detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, task-oriented work environment.
• Identify time sensitive items and assess competing priorities.
• Take initiative and proactively follow up on submitted items to ensure completion; resolve errors, questions or concerns.
• Handle stressful situations and provide a high level of customer service in a calm and professional manner.
• Analyze problems and establish solutions in a fast paced environment.
• Use mathematics sufficient to process account and transaction information.
• Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels, in person and virtually.
• Work both independently and as part of a cohesive team.
• Provide a high level of customer service.

Education/Previous Experience

High School Diploma or equivalent and five (5) years of financial services industry service experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training as approved by Human Resources.

Licenses/Certifications

• SIE required provided that an exemption or grandfathering cannot be applied.
• Series 7 required.
• Series 63, 65 and/or 66 as required by state.
• Ability to obtain additional securities and advisory state registrations if required by state.
• Education High School (HS) - Completed (Required)
• Work Experience General Experience - 3 to 6 years
• Certifications s66 - Uniform Combined State Law Examination - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• s7 - General Securities Representative Examination - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• Securities Industry Essentials Exam (SIE) - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Travel

Travel Less than 25%

Workstyle

Resident

Compensation & Benefits

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave. Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.

Culture & Values

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client‑first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long‑term view.

• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
• Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
• Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
• Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people‑first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.

#LI-AC1 Raymond James is a diversified financial services company providing wealth management, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. Founded in 1962 in St. Petersburg, Florida, rather than on Wall Street, we have always embraced being a different kind of financial services firm. Today, Raymond James has locations and subsidiaries across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RJF.