Senior Registered Client Service Associate (Dallas, TX)

Job Description

Serves as first point of contact to service a high volume of daily interactions, including basic inquiries, providing quotes and scheduling of meetings, with prospective and existing clients on the phone, in-person, virtually and through mailings.

• Helps manage and standardize best practices for various activities: new client on-boarding, large client liquidity events, private placement investment monitoring.
• Trading of both discretionary and non-discretionary products, model maintenance and performance tracking.
• Servicing of alternative investments and foreign accounts, including setup and maintenance.
• May participate in live meetings with the Financial Advisor and their respective client(s).
• Manages budgeting and tracking of Financial Advisor expenses.
• Creates reports to build more practice efficiencies, identify key practice performance metrics, and helps implement processes to further enhance the team’s performance.
• Onboards new clients, opens new client accounts and researches client and security information using internal databases and other technologies.
• Ensures key client information and documentation is current with firm and industry requirements, rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

Serves as first point of contact to service a high volume of daily interactions, including basic inquiries, providing quotes and scheduling of meetings, with prospective and existing clients on the phone, in-person, virtually and through mailings.

• Helps manage and standardize best practices for various activities: new client on-boarding, large client liquidity events, private placement investment monitoring.
• Trading of both discretionary and non-discretionary products, model maintenance and performance tracking.
• Servicing of alternative investments and foreign accounts, including setup and maintenance.
• May participate in live meetings with the Financial Advisor and their respective client(s).
• Manages budgeting and tracking of Financial Advisor expenses.
• Creates reports to build more practice efficiencies, identify key practice performance metrics, and helps implement processes to further enhance the team’s performance.
• Onboards new clients, opens new client accounts and researches client and security information using internal databases and other technologies.
• Ensures key client information and documentation is current with firm and industry requirements, rules and regulations.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent and five (5) years of financial services industry service experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training as approved by Human Resources.

• SIE required provided that an exemption or grandfathering cannot be applied.
• Series 7 required.
• Series 63, 65 and/or 66 as required by state.

Skills

• Client Relationship Management (CRM) software, or similar contact management software.
• Goal planning software.
• Excel, including developing spreadsheets as needed and for ongoing reporting.
• Effective communication across multiple client interactive platforms (in-person, virtual, phone and mail).
• Standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Analyze and research account information.
• Organize, manage, and track multiple, detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, task-oriented work environment.
• Identify time sensitive items and assess competing priorities.
• Take initiative and proactively follow up on submitted items to ensure completion; resolve errors, questions or concerns.
• Handle stressful situations and provide a high level of customer service in a calm and professional manner.
• Analyze problems and establish solutions in a fast paced environment.
• Handle stressful situations and provide a high level of customer service in a calm and professional manner.
• Use mathematics sufficient to process account and transaction information.
• Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels, in person and virtually.
• Work both independently and as part of a cohesive team.
• Provide a high level of customer service.

Benefits

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave.