Banking Associate - Newark/Springfield (20 hour)

Work Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours: 20 | Pay Details: $23.75 - $31.00 USD per hour

About the role

The Banking Associate is a professional in banking who plays a key role in delivering TD’s brand promise at a store location. This role is accountable for accurately completing everyday banking transactions and providing advice and educational support on services, products, and tools to help customers achieve their financial goals.

Responsibilities

• Performs a wide range of tasks across multiple areas within a store location, including processing customer transactions, opening new accounts, and educating customers on all banking products and services.
• Delivers end-to-end advice customers expect by:
  • Building trust with educational content and tools.
  • Providing consultative support.
  • Advocating with proactive insights and recommendations.
• Utilizes TD's systems and tools to engage with customers, acquire and deepen relationships by providing advice and guidance to attract and retain customers.
• Understands customer financial needs to identify opportunities to promote and educate on products, services, or refer them to the appropriate team member or internal bank partner while ensuring a positive customer experience.
• Accurately completes everyday banking transactions either on the teller line or on the platform while uncovering customer financial needs and educating on products, services, and tools or referring to the appropriate expert.
• Services the customer, on both the teller line and platform as needed, with the ability to service customers with opening/closing personal deposit accounts, everyday bank transactions, debit card/credit card issues, Regulation E, mobile, and online (digital) banking.
• Connects with customers, provides financial advice, and deepens relationships through lead management activities, including:
  • Creation and management of self-generated leads.
  • Management of received partner/retail-to-retail referral leads or campaign leads.
  • Customer outreach (outbound calls, relay SMS).
  • Setting and/or hosting appointments and lead prioritization.
• Consistently provides legendary customer service while transacting, promoting, educating, and referring TD products to new and existing customers.
• Establishes and nurtures customer relationships by displaying product knowledge, actively listening to customer needs, and engaging in additional conversations to identify needs and offer solutions or partner referrals.
• Manages wait times to meet with a Banker by scheduling, rescheduling, or canceling client meetings.
• Engages in lobby leadership and represents the first point of contact for customer inquiries, helps orchestrate customer walk-in traffic, and can be the first point of contact for customer resolution or to make appointments to see an expert.
• Understands and supports the Bank's customer service strategy.
• Considers the impact of decisions on the well-being of TD, its customers, and stakeholders.
• Drives referrals to store colleagues and partners to support the broader, more complex financial needs of customers.
• Ensures tasks are performed within established policy and procedures.
• Successfully completes all required job-specific, compliance-related training.
• Understands, utilizes, and follows compliance/risk and control programs.
• Ensures ongoing compliance with internal/external audit and regulatory requirements.
• Provides prompt and comprehensive responses to all external audit, regulator, and compliance requests and findings.
• Maintains appropriate records of action plans.
• Is knowledgeable of and complies with TD Code of Conduct.
• Ensures compliance when completing operational activities in accordance with company guidelines and regulations such as Bank Secrecy Act and Patriot Act to minimize risk and protect the customer.
• Accurately processes cash/deposit/withdrawal transactions and other account servicing requests.
• Processes everyday transactions such as opening/closing, servicing accounts, depositing or cashing checks, reordering a debit card, or updating address.
• Ensures compliance with all regulations, policies, and procedures adhering to required controls, critical dates, and accurate documents.
• Applies customer authentication principles, compliance regulations, and due diligence to new account openings and transactions.
• Accurately and efficiently performs transactions, accountable for cash drawers including maintaining cash limits and securing cash drawers/stations/balances out cash drawer and TCR.
• Follows policy and procedure for Customer Authentication.
• Acts as Dual Control agent when required.
• Follows all required open/close procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1 year of experience working with customers in any capacity (can be demonstrated through volunteering, education, or military experience).
• Demonstrated customer service skills.
• Ability to work during operating hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Teller experience preferred.
• Required to complete Teller training and part 1 of platform training upon hire.
• Strong organization skills to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to be concise, clear, and consistent.
• Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to schedule and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within deadlines.
• Sound judgment in decision-making and problem-solving.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Notary License preferred.

Team Accountabilities

• Contributes to a positive work environment by aligning to TD Model, Brand, and Culture by participating fully as a member of the team.
• Actively participates in personal performance and development activities.
• Acts as a brand champion both internally and externally.
• Collaborates with team members in contributing to the success of the team and organization.
• Partners as a team player.
• Actively seeks opportunities to improve delivery of work with high attention to quality standards.
• Takes ownership of own career and aspirations, seeking diverse feedback to continuously develop and enhance skills.
• Positively embraces change.
• Adheres to and participates in TD's Shared Commitments.
• Models quality service at every customer interaction.
• Engages in advancing and sustaining a unique, inclusive culture that reflects TD's diversity agenda and creates an extraordinary employee experience.
• May train and act as a mentor to newer colleagues.

Physical Requirements

• Domestic Travel: Occasional (1-33%)
• International Travel: Never (0%)
• Performing sedentary work: Frequent (34-66%)
• Performing multiple tasks: Continuous (67-100%)
• Operating standard office equipment: Continuous (67-100%)
• Responding quickly to sounds: Continuous (67-100%)
• Sitting: Frequent (34-66%)
• Standing: Frequent (34-66%)
• Walking: Frequent (34-66%)
• Moving safely in confined spaces: Occasional (1-33%)
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.): Occasional (1-33%)
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.): Occasional (1-33%)
• Squatting: Occasional (1-33%)
• Bending: Occasional (1-33%)
• Kneeling: Occasional (1-33%)
• Crawling: Occasional (1-33%)
• Climbing: Occasional (1-33%)
• Reaching overhead: Occasional (1-33%)
• Reaching forward: Occasional (1-33%)
• Pushing: Occasional (1-33%)
• Pulling: Occasional (1-33%)
• Twisting: Occasional (1-33%)
• Concentrating for long periods of time: Continuous (67-100%)
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations: Continuous (67-100%)
• Reading, writing, and comprehending instructions: Continuous (67-100%)
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing: Continuous (67-100%)

Benefits

TD offers a Total Rewards package that includes:

• Base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan).
• Health and well-being benefits.
• Savings and retirement programs.
• Paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO).
• Banking benefits and discounts.
• Career development and reward and recognition programs.

TD is committed to providing support through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan to help colleagues thrive both at work and at home.