Member Advocate III (Senior Counselor) - Midwest City

About the role

The Member Advocate III delivers extraordinary service while encouraging members and non-members to choose the Credit Union as their primary financial services provider by proactively building member relationships. The role involves consulting with members to help meet their financial needs, recommending appropriate products and services, and educating members on the benefits of using Credit Union services.

Responsibilities

• Proactively suggests appropriate products and services to help members better manage their financial needs and provide information about the Credit Union, its mission, and its products and services.
• Consultatively interact with members to help meet their spoken and unspoken financial needs, proactively recommend Credit Union products and services, and accurately address member service needs.
• Educate members on ease of use and convenience services, including technology where applicable, to encourage increased use of the cooperative while building and increasing member engagement.
• Accurately process new accounts for new and existing members and perform maintenance on members’ accounts as requested.
• Opens and maintains IRA, and trust accounts, commercial accounts on various systems, including data entry, and paperwork processing.
• Ask open-ended questions to uncover additional opportunities to save members money and/or time by reviewing accounts and reports as well as making outbound calls to increase member engagement.
• Provide extraordinary member service by being knowledgeable, engaging with members, making members feel valued and consistently applying defined service standards. Accurately process transactions for members, including but not limited to, cashing checks, receiving deposits and payments, processing withdrawals, conducting information inquiries.
• Proactively identify qualified referrals for members that will save members time, money and provide peace of mind.
• Ensures proper policies, procedures, risk mitigation activities, and operating controls are followed. Reports gaps in policies, procedures, and operating controls to leadership to ensure member impact and risk is mitigated.
• Assists Member Relationship Center leadership with training, operations, vault responsibilities. Ensures employees perform in a safe and sound manner and deliver an extraordinary service experience for all members. Responsible for Member Relationship Center operations in absence of manager or assistant manager.
• Provides extraordinary member service by being knowledgeable, engaging with members, making members feel valued and consistently applying defined service standards. Success defined by current service benchmark (such as member satisfaction surveys, basic courtesies and observation).

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• At least 6 months in the retail financial services industry is required.
• Required to hold Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor (CCUFC) or be able to earn designation within 24 months of being in role.
• Previous supervisory skills are preferred but not required (this is an entry-level supervisor position).
• Must be familiar with member experience operations.
• Must be able to learn and use a variety of software applications such as Microsoft Office and the credit union’s core processing systems.

Skills

• Frequent walking and sitting.
• Occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Good listening skills.
• Built strong relationships.
• Flexible/minded.
• Negotiate effectively.
• Solicits performance feedback and handles constructive criticism.

Benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all our members, our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.