Client Service - Associate II

Job responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive client service by addressing inquiries, processing transactions, and troubleshooting issues, utilizing your proficiency in strategic planning and digital literacy.
• Protect both the client and the institution from potential financial and reputational damage.
• Contribute to the change management process, assisting in strategic communications and stakeholder impact mitigation to ensure smooth transitions during operational changes.
• Utilize your knowledge of market products to provide informed advice to clients, maintaining an understanding of current industry practices and regulations.
• Participate in the development and implementation of process automation initiatives, applying systems architecture and automation technologies to optimize service delivery.
• Provide single point of contact for Prime Brokerage clients for all their Trade management and Settlements related needs. products in scope are “Equity, FI, REPO, and Options.”,
• Process client trades files, monitor Trade Exception Manager and sign off for end of day batch Process ensuring timely and accurate client reporting
• Monitor daily work flow queues and  adhere to SLAs in place, report and escalate any issues or system outages, provide timely updates to all internal and external stakeholders
• Partner with clients and internally with technology, strategy and transformation teams to help identify external and internal inefficiencies and manage improvement opportunities (Straight through Processing and Settlement Efficiency)
• Train clients on usage of recent technology and reporting processes, represent Operations on client visits and scorecard reviews

• Adhere to firm policy and procedures/controls and adhere to Client confidentiality framework

   

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a client service role within a financial institution.
• Excellent influencing, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships.
• Experience in change management, with the ability to facilitate strategic communications and mitigate stakeholder impact.
• Proficiency in digital literacy, with a willingness to understand and implement new/emerging technologies that impact business operations.

• Bachelor Degree

   

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Team Player, but also must be able to work independently
• Be a self-starter with the motivation, demonstration of initiative, and ownership mentality to think outside of the box as necessary
• Equity and Fixed income knowledge is a plus