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Job summary
First Horizon Bank in Lafayette, LA seeks a customer-focused Banker Associate to provide teller and platform support, process deposits, and open accounts. You will identify client needs and recommend suitable products while cross-selling to deepen client relationships.
The role includes outbound prospecting, participation in campaigns, and assisting with loan applications, ensuring prompt resolution of inquiries and delivery of exceptional service.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required with 1 year teller experience preferred.
- Ability to perform daily financial transactions and provide quality customer service.
- Experience with offering bank products and cross-selling to deepen relationships.
Responsibilities
- Provide teller and platform support to minimize client wait times and process deposits, currency handling, and checks.
- Open checking, savings, and other deposit accounts as part of standard service.
- Identify client needs and recommend appropriate products and services.
- Cross-sell to bank partners to generate new business and deepen relationships.
- Conduct outbound calls to clients and prospects during campaigns.
- Assist with loan applications and hand off processing as needed.
- Resolve client inquiries on account status and ensure excellent experiences.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
Provide quality, accurate and timely customer service involving daily processing of financial transactions and opening accounts in a retail banking environment. Introduce bank products and services through outreach to prospects and provide tailored recommendations to existing clients to deepen relationships. Perform related duties i.e. outbound sales calls as required to achieve banking center goals (meet/exceed sales goals/referral goals), and provide support to banking center management.
Sales and service
- Provide both teller and platform support as needed to keep client wait times to a minimum and to provide quality customer service. Teller support includes performing daily processing of financial transactions, i.e. deposits, handling currency, coin, and cashing checks. Platform support includes opening checking accounts, savings accounts, and provide all other deposit product services.
- Identify client needs through consultative conversations and recommend appropriate products and services to meet those needs.
- Open and process new demand and time deposit accounts including savings accounts, IRAs, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts.
- Cross-sell and make referrals to bank partners to generate new business and deepen existing client relationships.
- Conduct regular outbound calls to clients and prospects, including participating in client/prospect calling activities during special deposit/loan campaigns.
- Assist client with loan application for personal/retail consumer needs and “handing off” the processing of these applications to the appropriate associate.
- Research and resolve problems and respond to client inquiries on account status.
- Deliver excellent client experiences consistently and promptly resolve client issues effectively.
- Enhance individual knowledge to better serve clients by attending relevant sales, service, and product knowledge meetings, training classes, and web-based learning.
- Expected compliance with bank regulations, policies, procedures, risk management, internal controls, and the First Horizon code of ethics.
- Assist banking center associates with all aspects of daily operations as needed, including audit controls.
- Assist banking center management with “on the job training” of new associates.
- Stay informed of all operational updates and changes to ensure compliance with all current guidelines.
Provide quality, accurate and timely customer service involving daily processing of financial transactions and opening accounts in a retail banking environment. Introduce bank products and services through outreach to prospects and provide tailored recommendations to existing clients to deepen relationships. Perform related duties i.e. outbound sales calls as required to achieve banking center goals (meet/exceed sales goals/referral goals), and provide support to banking center management.
Sales and service
- Provide both teller and platform support as needed to keep client wait times to a minimum and to provide quality customer service. Teller support includes performing daily processing of financial transactions, i.e. deposits, handling currency, coin, and cashing checks. Platform support includes opening checking accounts, savings accounts, and provide all other deposit product services.
- Identify client needs through consultative conversations and recommend appropriate products and services to meet those needs.
- Open and process new demand and time deposit accounts including savings accounts, IRAs, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts.
- Cross-sell and make referrals to bank partners to generate new business and deepen existing client relationships.
- Conduct regular outbound calls to clients and prospects, including participating in client/prospect calling activities during special deposit/loan campaigns.
- Assist client with loan application for personal/retail consumer needs and “handing off” the processing of these applications to the appropriate associate.
- Research and resolve problems and respond to client inquiries on account status.
- Deliver excellent client experiences consistently and promptly resolve client issues effectively.
- Enhance individual knowledge to better serve clients by attending relevant sales, service, and product knowledge meetings, training classes, and web-based learning.
- Expected compliance with bank regulations, policies, procedures, risk management, internal controls, and the First Horizon code of ethics.
- Assist banking center associates with all aspects of daily operations as needed, including audit controls.
- Assist banking center management with “on the job training” of new associates.
- Stay informed of all operational updates and changes to ensure compliance with all current guidelines.
- Research and resolve problems and respond to client inquiries on account status.
- Deliver excellent client experiences consistently and promptly resolve client issues effectively.
- Enhance individual knowledge to better serve clients by attending relevant sales, service, and product knowledge meetings, training classes, and web-based learning.
- Expected compliance with bank regulations, policies, procedures, risk management, internal controls, and the First Horizon code of ethics.
- Assist banking center associates with all aspects of daily operations as needed, including audit controls.
- Assist banking center management with “on the job training” of new associates.
- Stay informed of all operational updates and changes to ensure compliance with all current guidelines.
No supervisory responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 1 year of experience as a Teller preferred.
Microsoft Office Suite
In addition, 10-key calculator; coin counter
Not necessary
As part of the employment process for this position, you will have to meet the requirements of a background credit check. This position requires compliance with the S.A.F.E Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 and all related regulations. Ongoing employment is contingent upon meeting all such requirements.
First Horizon Corporation is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial, private banking, consumer, small business, wealth and trust management, retail brokerage, capital markets, fixed income, and mortgage banking services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank. More information is available at www.FirstHorizon.com .
- Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision
- HSA with company match
- Maternity and parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mentor program
- 401(k) with 6% match
- More -- FirstHorizon.com/First-Horizon-National-Corporation/Careers/Our-Benefits
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