Member Relationship Specialist - East Texas

About the role

The Member Relationship Specialist is the primary point of contact for new and existing members at a CUTX branch, responsible for uncovering financial needs and delivering tailored solutions that span membership, deposit accounts, consumer loans, and ancillary services. The role consistently delivers an unexpected member experience, meets or exceeds defined sales and service goals, refers members to internal partners for specialized needs, and ensures every interaction is accurate, compliant, and documented.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an unexpected member experience by consistently providing outstanding service to internal and external members with every interaction.
  • Uncover member needs through active listening and discovery questions, then recommend products and services that fit those needs.
  • Regularly follow up with members to confirm financial needs are being met and to identify additional opportunities to serve.
  • Handle member concerns and complaints with empathy and accuracy; resolve within authority or escalate appropriately.
• Meet or exceed established individual sales, referral, and service goals on a consistent basis.
  • Proactively discuss and refer members to internal partners (e.g., mortgage, investment services, business services) when needs exceed the role's scope.
  • Participate in branch sales meetings, campaigns, and contests; contribute to branch-level goal attainment.
  • Maintain familiarity with current products, services, pricing, and marketing campaigns to make accurate recommendations.
• Process requests for new memberships, depository accounts (checking, savings, money market, certificates, IRAs), and account maintenance services accurately and within policy.
  • Originate and process consumer loan applications, including interviewing applicants, gathering documentation, and supporting underwriting and closing.
  • Complete account and loan documentation accurately and ensure required disclosures are delivered.
  • Perform account maintenance activities including address changes, ownership changes, debit card issuance, and other servicing tasks per CUTX procedures.
• Remain compliant with all applicable financial regulations, including BSA/AML, OFAC, Regulation CC, USA PATRIOT Act/CIP/CDD, and other regulations applicable to the role.
  • Maintain confidentiality of member information and other sensitive information at all times, consistent with GLBA and CUTX Information Security policy.
  • Document member interactions, account openings, and loan files accurately and completely to support audit and examination readiness.
  • Complete all required compliance, product, and AI training within assigned timeframes and maintain currency on annual refreshers.
• Stay current on products, services, disclosures, system changes, and marketing campaigns through self-study, scheduled training, and branch huddles.
  • Participate in pilots of CUTX-approved AI and digital tools that support member-facing workflows; provide feedback and adopt approved enhancements.
  • Identify recurring member friction points or process gaps and recommend improvements to branch leadership.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. Associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience: Minimum one to two (1–2) years of similar or related experience in financial services, retail banking, credit union member service, sales, or a comparable customer-facing role. Prior experience opening deposit accounts and originating consumer loans preferred. Prior credit union experience preferred. Bilingual English / Spanish preferred.

Skills

• Working knowledge of consumer deposit products, consumer lending, and account servicing practices.
• Working knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, Regulation CC, USA PATRIOT Act/CIP/CDD, and GLBA as applied at the teller line and new accounts desk.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams).
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain financial products clearly to members.
• Strong listening skills and the ability to uncover unstated needs through discovery conversation.
• Goal-oriented and self-motivated to meet required sales and referral goals.
• Problem-solving competence with strong attention to detail.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and adapt in a consistently changing branch environment.
• Strong team orientation and ability to work effectively in a group setting.

Core Competencies

• Member Centricity: Advanced.
• Sales & Needs-Based Advising: Intermediate.
• AI Literacy: Intermediate.
• Compliance Orientation: Intermediate.
• Operational Discipline: Intermediate.
• Communication: Intermediate.
• Adaptability: Intermediate.

Use of AI

• AI-Augmented Workflows: The Member Relationship Specialist is expected to work fluently within these workflows, exercise sound judgment over AI outputs, and follow all applicable controls.
• Human-in-the-Loop Responsibility: The Specialist retains accountability for any decision, communication, or member/employee-impacting action influenced by AI output, consistent with the CUTX Generative AI Usage Policy 3.4.
• Approved AI Tools: The role is approved to use the following AI tools in performing essential functions (subject to the Generative AI Usage Policy and any tool-specific guidance issued by the AI Council): CUTX-approved internal AI assistants (e.g., Sam) for general productivity and approved knowledge tasks, Microsoft Copilot for office productivity (drafting, summarization, spreadsheet support), CUTX-approved AI-augmented recommendation and decisioning tools embedded in the core banking, loan origination, and CRM platforms, and CUTX-approved document extraction tools used in account opening and loan intake workflows.
• Prohibited AI Use: Using AI output as the sole basis for any adverse member action, including a decision to deny a membership application, deny a loan, or close an account; entering member NPI (full account numbers, Social Security numbers, government-ID images, member loan documents) into any AI tool not explicitly approved for that data classification; relying on AI-generated product, rate, or disclosure information without verifying against the current authoritative CUTX source.