Job Detail
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Career Level Others
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Experience 2 Years
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Qualifications Diploma
Job Description
At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.
A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team’s ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
The Service Division is seeking a Tailored BOA Support Specialist to provide remote Branch Office Administrator (BOA) support to existing Financial Advisors (FAs). Associates in this area will remotely support a minimum of 5 branches daily with answering incoming calls, handling client, vendor, and FA inquiries along with scheduling appointments and general administrative support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing solutions in response to incoming telephone calls and written correspondence from FAs, BOAs, and/or clients in both an independent and team structure considering different variables such as legal/regulatory guidelines and risk to the firm; Associate will not provide solutions, guidance and recommendations on the suitability of investments as it pertains to clients
- Completing necessary training and keeping up to date on changes in processes or information necessary to do the job
- Continuing their learning and development through daily department emails, team meetings, and continuing education sessions
- Contributing to the overall success of the team by acting as a resource for others and supporting new initiatives, projects, or process changes
- Identifying opportunities for improvements or enhancements within the team
- Minimum of 1-2 years of customer service experience or comparable experience working in the financial services industry or Edward Jones is preferred
- If the candidate is applying for a Home-Based Associate position, the candidate must meet the minimum internet connectivity requirements. A satellite connection for your high-speed internet doesn’t work with our current home-based setup; you need to be on a DSL or a cable high-speed internet connection. The software in the department requires a minimum of 6 Mbps down speed, 2 Mbps up speed, and less than 60 Ping Speed to perform daily functions.
- The associate will be assigned a role on our Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone Team, an 8:00am – 5:00pm HDT/HST Work Day.
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred or equivalent work experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to respond and adapt to callers and peers with appropriate tone, organized thoughts, and confidence
- Ability to respond to written correspondence in a clear, succinct manner using correct grammar, spelling and format
- Organizational and time management skills with ability to multi-task and follow up appropriately to take issues to resolution
- Capable of working in a fast paced, team oriented environment, quickly learning and applying new information
- Strong computer skills are required, including effective use of Microsoft Office applications and Internet Explorer Proficiency of applicable Edward Jones systems and software with ability to learn and apply technical information relevant to the job
- FORTUNE 2020 – Edward Jones was named No. 7 on the 2020 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list.
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- Edward Jones Ranked No. 6 of the 100 best workplaces for millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE Magazine.
- 2020 Corporate Equality Index – Edward Jones joins the ranks of 680 major U.S businesses that received top marks in the HRC Foundations 18th Annual Scorecard on LBGTQ Workplace Equality
- Edward Jones named a top company for training, ranking No. 25 on Training magazine’s 2020 Training Top 125 list – the highest ranking among the financial-services industry!
- Financial services firm Edward Jones has been named one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine. The firm ranked No. 5 on the list of 50 companies, up two spots from last year.
- The Best Workplaces for Parents list is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Edward Jones ranked No. 7 on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2019 list, the firm’s 20th appearance on the list. The firm also was ranked the No. 1 Best Workplace in Financial Services & Insurance and the No. 6 Best Workplace for Millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE.
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: