The posting
Position Summary
The Wealth Management Client Services Specialist will posses a level of knowledge and experience that allows them to make recommendations and communicate successfully about more complex aspects of client relationships, in addition to servicing clients and providing support to the Wealth Management Team. The Wealth Client Services Specialist will report to the Wealth Management Client Services Team Lead or Manager.
Duties & Responsibilities
- This position holds responsibilities in four primary categories: Sales Support, Compliance, Customer Service, and Teamwork
- Lead and drive client relationships through the appropriate actions to enhance client relationships with Busey
- Support advisors with the development of new sales opportunities by coordinating meetings, coordinating event attendance, participating in client events, and identifying clients for marketing material distribution
- This role will interact with clients by fielding higher volumes of phone calls and email communications from clients. This associate will function as a main point of contact for daily service needs as well as more complex issues
- Drive the execution our Proactive Client Engagement Model by facilitating client onboarding/offboarding, preparing materials for client meetings with diligence and accuracy, and coordinating additional items needed for these events
- Establish recurring receipts and distributions, ensuring items are processed in accordance with account agreements and other governing documentation as well as all policies and procedures
- Resolve compliance matters, this includes but is not limited to; accurate account reviews, adherence to policies and other controls in place, gathering all required information from clients, and demonstrating a high level of understanding of regulations, policies, and procedures
- Manage risk mitigation by adhering to Busey policies, appropriate client identification methods, and appropriate verification methods needed for an array of tasks
- Serve as an escalation point to resolve minor service issues for clients, provide feedback to leadership on solutions to improve overall client service experience
- Mentor new associates and participate with the team as a resource to resolve issues with compliance or customer service issues
Education & Experience
Knowledge of:
- Strong oral and written communication skills with high customer contact via in person meetings, phone conversations, and other correspondence methods
- Strong organizational skills
Ability to:
- Multi-task and work independently
- Perform duties under frequent time pressures
Education and Training:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or finance
- Two or more years related experience in the financial services industry with high net-worth clients preferred
- Requires successful completion of the Wealth Management Specialist or Certified Wealth Strategist certification within 1 year of hire
- Additional certifications such as a CFP, CFA, CTFA, or CPA are strongly recommended to be started by the end of first year of service
- Minimum of 6 hours of annual continuing education in courses related to the position’s responsibilities. (Approved webinars, seminars, and courses will be credited at the CE amount stated.)
- Requires knowledge of standard business systems, including but not limited to, Trust Accounting systems, Microsoft Office, and Outlook
Every day, our associates live Busey’s core values, doing better business, building stronger relationships and creating thriving communities, while delivering meaningful value to shareholders.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.
(Base Pay Range: $24 - 29/hr)
Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.
Equal Opportunity
Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.
Unsolicited Resumes
Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.
