Teller - Bakersfield Ming

About the role

Tellers are responsible for providing exceptional customer service including efficient and accurate transaction processing and helping with account-related inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine tasks, including making deposits, withdrawals, transfers, cash advances, receiving loan payments, cashing checks, issuing savings withdrawals, and recording night and mail deposits.
• Maintain and balance a cash drawer daily by accounting for cash assigned, received, and disbursed.
• Turn in excess cash and mutilated currency to the vault.
• Enters customer transactions into a computer to record a transaction, and issues computer-generated receipts.
• Sells cashier’s checks.
• Answers questions in person or on the telephone and refers customers to other bank services as necessary.
• Completes special requests by closing accounts, taking orders for checks, exchanging foreign currencies, assisting customers to a safe deposit box, providing statements, preparing cash orders for merchants, completing stop payments, and blocking and reordering debit cards.
• Places holds on accounts for a new account, large deposit, or an exception item.
• Prepares outgoing domestic and foreign wires.
• Complies with bank operations and security procedures by participating in all dual-control functions, auditing other tellers’ currency, and assisting in the certification of proof.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects bank operations by keeping information confidential.
• Comply and stay up to date with applicable laws and regulations through compliance online training.
• Promote strong customer and client interactions, build relationships, participate in cross-selling, and offer new products and services.
• Demonstrate good risk management decisions, including displaying solid knowledge of guidelines for fraud prevention and robbery.
• May need to travel to another branch location to assist in coverage.
• Participates in qualifying CRA activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Excellent customer service skills, attentiveness, information retention, tact, and diplomacy in dealing with both customers and employees.
• Mathematical skills.
• Strong communication & organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented, with a high degree of accuracy.
• Competence with computers, telephone, 10-key calculator, other office machinery, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment & under pressure as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in bank operations, new accounts, or credit assistant/loan positions.