Summer Associate jobs in United States, Florida, West Palm Beach

Job Description:

This job is responsible for providing client service support to potentially multiple Financial Advisors (FAs). Key responsibilities include supporting enterprise strategic objectives, operational excellence goals, and client advocacy within the FA's business, while customizing solutions based on their specific needs. Job expectations include serving as the most frequent point of contact within Merrill to address all service needs of their clients.

Required Qualifications:

• FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 7, 63/65 or 66
• Displays advanced industry knowledge and understanding of investment products

Desired Qualifications:

• Energetic individual that is self-motivated, coachable and flexible in thought
• Enjoys a fast-paced environment with changing and evolving responsibilities
• Detail oriented
• Invested in personal development
• Consistently pursues client experience excellence
• Works quickly to fulfill client needs, delivering complex solutions
• Frequent communication and an abundance of discretion with sensitive information
• Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint experience with Salesforce a plus
• Professional verbal and written communication​​

Responsibilities:

• Provides excellent Client Service to the bank's clients through educating them on all of the bank's service and banking offerings
• Ensures timeliness, accuracy, and completeness in client materials and follows up on all client and Financial Advisor (FA) requests
• Assists with ensuring practices are in alignment with the bank's policies and procedures to support operational excellence, protect the bank's clients, and manage risk
• Identifies, deepens, and maintains client relationships through emphasizing the bank's offerings and promoting incorporation of banking into day-to-day practices, while communicating outputs to the FA
• Supports day-to-day team activities and needs including covering roles in times of absence or seasonal need increases, while leading with a client first mindset

Skills:

• Account Management
• Client Management
• Customer and Client Focus
• Issue Management
• Oral Communications
• Business Development
• Client Solutions Advisory
• Pipeline Management
• Prioritization
• Administrative Services
• Emotional Intelligence
• Referral Identification
• Written Communications

Minimum Education Requirement:High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

• For internal employees; participation in a work from home posture does not make you ineligible to post, however, may require to meet the workplace excellence policy.

About the program

Our Summer Associate Program is a nine to ten week summer internship for students pursuing an advanced degree such as MBA, PhD, JD, MD or LLM. You will be fully immersed in our day-to-day activities.

As a participant, you will:

• Attend orientation where you’ll learn about our culture, as well as the benefits and responsibilities of being a member of the firm
• Receive training designed to help you succeed
• Have the opportunity to work on real responsibilities alongside fellow interns and our people

Depth & Scope:

• Performs a wide range of tasks across multiple areas within a Store location; to include processing customer transactions, opening new accounts and educating customers on all banking products and services
• Delivers end-to-end advice customers expect: (1) building trust with educational content & tools, (2) providing consultative support, and (3) advocating with proactive insights & recommendations
• Utilizes TD's systems and tools to engage with Customers to acquire and deepen relationships by providing advice and guidance to ultimately attract, and retain the customer
• Understands customer financial needs to identify opportunities to promote and educate on products, services, and/or refer them to the appropriate team member or internal Bank partner, while ensuring a positive customer experience
• Accurately completes everyday banking transactions either on the teller line or on the platform while uncovering customer financial needs and educating on products, services and tools or referring to the appropriate expert
• Services the customer, on both the teller line and platform as needed, with the ability to service customers with opening/closing personal deposit accounts, everyday bank transactions, debit card/credit card issues, regulation E, mobile and on-line (digital) banking
• Connects with customers, provides financial advice, and deepens relationships through lead management activities to include the creation & management of self-generated leads, the management of received partner/retail to retail referral leads or campaign leads, customer outreach (outbound calls, relay SMS), setting and/or hosting appointments, and lead prioritization

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED
• 1 year experience working with customers in any capacity and can be demonstrated through any of the following: volunteering, education, military experience preferred
• Demonstrated Customer Service skills preferred
• Ability to work during operating hours to include evenings, weekends and holidays as scheduled
• Teller experience preferred
• Required to complete Teller training and part 1 of platform training upon hire
• Strong organization skills to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with ability to be concise, clear and consistent
• Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to schedule and prioritize work
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within deadlines
• Sound judgment in decision making and problem solving
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Notary License preferred

Customer Accountabilities:

• Consistently provides legendary customer service while transacting, promoting, educating and referring TD Products to new and existing customers
• Establishes and nurtures customer relationships by consistently displaying product knowledge, actively listening to customer needs while engaging in additional conversations to identify any additional needs and offer a solution or partner referral
• Manages wait times to meet with a Banker by scheduling, rescheduling or canceling client meetings
• Engages in lobby leadership and represents the first point of contact for customer inquiries and helps to orchestrate the customer walk-in traffic and can be the first point of contact for customer resolution or to make appointments to see an expert
• Understands and supports the Bank's customer service strategy
• Considers the impact of decisions on the well-being of TD, its customers and stakeholders
• Drives referrals to Store colleagues and partners to support the broader more complex financial needs of customers
• Ensures tasks are performed within established policy and procedures
• Successfully completes all required job specific, compliance-related training
• Understands, utilizes and follows compliance/risk and control programs
• Ensures ongoing compliance with internal/external audit and regulatory requirements. Provides prompt and comprehensive responses to all external audit, regulator and compliance requests and findings. Maintains appropriate records of action plans
• Is knowledgeable of and complies with TD Code of Conduct

Shareholder Accountabilities:

• Ensures compliance when completing operational activities in accordance with company guidelines and regulations such as Bank Secrecy Act and Patriot Act to minimize risk and protect the customer
• Accurately processescash/deposit/withdrawaltransactions and other account servicing requests
• Decisions & processes everyday transactions such as but not limited to opening/closing, servicing accounts, depositing or cashing checks, reordering a debit card, or updating address
• Ensures compliance with all regulations, policies and procedures adhering to required controls, critical dates and accurate documents
• Applies customer authentication principles, compliance regulations and due diligence to new account openings and transactions
• Accurately and efficiently performs transactions as accountable for cash drawers including maintaining cash limits and securing cashdrawers/stations/balancesout cash drawer and TCR
• Follows policy and procedure for Customer Authentication
• Acts as Dual Control agent when required
• Follows all required open/close procedures

Employee/Team Accountabilities:

• Contributes to a positive work environment by aligning to TD Model, Brand and Culture by participating fully as a member of
• the team
• Be an active participant in personal performance and development activities
• Acts as a brand champion both internally and externally
• Collaborates with team members in contributing to the success of the team and organization
• Partners as a team player
• Actively seeks opportunities to improve delivery of work with high attention to quality standards
• Actively takes ownership of own career and aspirations. Seeks out diverse feedback to continuously develop and enhance skills
• Positively embraces change
• Adheres and participates in TD's Shared Commitments
• Models quality service at every Customer interaction
• Be engaged in advancing and sustaining a unique, inclusive culture that reflects TD's diversity agenda, and creates an extraordinary employee experience
• May train and act as a mentor to newer colleagues

Domestic Travel – Occasional
International Travel – Never
Performing sedentary work – Frequent
Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
Responding quickly to sounds – Continuous
Sitting – Frequent
Standing – Frequent
Walking – Frequent
Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Occasional
Squatting – Occasional
Bending – Occasional
Kneeling – Occasional
Crawling - Occasional
Climbing – Occasional
Reaching overhead – Occasional
Reaching forward – Occasional
Pushing – Occasional
Pulling – Occasional
Twisting – Occasional
Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – ContinuousThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Our Total Rewards Package

awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition.

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.