Branch Manager jobs in United States, Pennsylvania, Allentown

Job Description:

Merrill is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

What you’ll accomplish

• Manage delegated compliance, administrative and business functions related to the Merrill Wealth Management Market Executive's overall managerial responsibilities for parent and associate offices

• This individual functions independently, or with minimal guidance, but must keep the Market Executive informed on significant matters and must determine when the Market Executive should be directly involved

• Monitor advisor and client activity including financial transactions to ensure compliance with firm and regulatory requirements and minimize risk

• Coach advisors in supporting the company strategy and continuing to grow their businesses.

Responsibilities:

• Performs, monitors, and demonstrates adherence to internal and external standards, policies, laws, rules, and regulations related to client advice and recommendations, sales practice activities, and conduct of market personnel

• Manages day-to-day Financial Advisor (FA) business needs, while ensuring adherence to the bank's compliance policies and procedures

• Coaches FAs, Client Associates (CAs), and other market personnel to drive adherence of policies and procedures related to the sales practice conduct

• Partners with FAs, CAs, and other market personnel to manage risk of business growth initiatives, ensuring alignment with the bank's enterprise risk appetite

Required Qualifications:

• Currently hold SIE, Series 7 AND Series 66 (or Series 63 AND Series 65), Series 9 AND Series 10 (or Series 8) or equivalent licenses

• Series 3, 31 licenses, if warranted

• Minimum of 5+ years professional experience

• Proven ability to manage risk, make sound decisions by having a deep understanding of industry regulations, supervisory requirements, policies/procedures, wealth management concepts, and financial services products

Key Qualifications for the role:

• Ability to speak in terms of client needs and concerns, and coach Financial Advisors on aligning solutions to goals in a suitable and controlled way

• A deep appreciation and understanding of our client centric strategy

• Strong interpersonal skills to provide coaching to Financial Advisors to mitigate risk through segmentation, disciplined investment practices, and documentation

• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify trends, root cause and effects, and implement improved processes to mitigate risk

• Demonstrated strong and effective leadership style through clear communication and collaboration with others, making sound decisions with courage and conviction

• Strong time management and organization skills with the ability to prioritize appropriately

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

• Market Supervision Manager experience, or completion of Merrill's Office Management Team Associate Development Program​

Skills:

• Decision Making

• Influence

• Negotiation

• Problem Solving

• Risk Management

• Adaptability

• Business Acumen

• Collaboration

• Oral Communications

• Relationship Building

• Business Operations Management

• Client Solutions Advisory

• Planning

• Talent Development

• Written Communications

In this role you will:

• Participate in delivery of exceptional customer experience by building relationships through proactive outreach as well as proposing appropriate products, services, and digital solutions to help customers succeed financially
• Assist customers with basic requests related to opening new accounts, completing service requests, and submitting credit applications
• Receive direction from managers and exercise judgement within defined policies and procedures
• Develop understanding of bank products and services to connect to customers' needs
• Interact with customers to demonstrate care and build relationships
• Provide appropriate options for bank products and services to customer
• Refer customers' financial needs to other bankers and partners as needed
• This SAFE position has customer contact and job duties which may include the offering/negotiating of terms and/or taking an application for a dwelling secured transaction. As such, this position requires compliance with the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 and all related regulations. Ongoing employment is contingent upon meeting all such requirements, including acceptable background investigation results. Individuals in a SAFE position also must meet the Loan Originator requirements under Regulation Z (LO) outlined in the job expectations below

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of interacting with customers experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Customer service focus with experience handling complex transactions across multiple systems
• Experience proactively engaging with customers through outreach via phone or email
• Ability to educate and connect customer to technology and share the value of mobile banking options
• Ability to help customers succeed financially by offering introductions to additional team members as appropriate
• Experience working with others on a team to meet customer needs
• Experience fostering and developing strong customer relationships
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal partners
• Ability to follow policies, procedures, and regulations
• Ability to identify potential fraud/risky accounts and take appropriate action to prevent loss
• Ability to interact with integrity and professionalism with customers and team members
• Relevant military experience including working with military protocol and instructions, enlisted evaluations, officer/leadership reporting
• Relevant military experience including working in personnel benefits management, processing military personnel orders or transitions, wartime readiness operations, human resources or military recruiting
• Proficient with proactively sourcing, acquiring, building, and maintaining relationships with customers and colleagues
• Support customers and employees in resolving or escalating concerns or complaints

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work a schedule that may include most Saturdays
• Maintains cash drawer, cash handling and balancing and spends time completing service-related tasks as needed

• This position requires SAFE registration at the time of employment. Wells Fargo will initiate the SAFE registration process immediately after your employment start date. The Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) website(http://fedregistry.nationwidelicensingsystem.org)provides the MU4R questions and registration required for employment in this position. Individuals in Loan Originator (LO) positions must meet the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau qualification requirements and comply with related Wells Fargo policies. The LO qualification requirements include meeting applicable financial responsibility, character, general financial fitness and criminal background standards. A current credit report will be used to assess your financial responsibility and credit fitness, however, a credit score is not included as part of the evaluation. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening, if necessary
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Posting Location:

• 1230 Route 315, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

As an Senior Executive Assistant supporting the Electric Vehicle Brands,you will excel in a collaborative team environment, representing the manager and group with professional courtesy and expertise. Your role requires delivering high-quality work output and interacting seamlessly with executive-level internal clients across various lines of business. You will adapt procedures, processes, and techniques to effectively manage tasks such as invoice processing, document management, meeting coordination, and fund management, ensuring alignment with the department's activities and goals. Your proactive approach and attention to detail will be essential in maintaining efficient operations and supporting the team's success.

Job responsibilities

• Maintain complex and detailed calendars
• Manage the coordination, logistics (including catering and transportation) of both internal and external meetings
• Arrange and coordinate domestic and occasional international travel
• Process invoices and T&E expense claims for team members, ensuring all policies are followed and items are processed within provided guidelines
• Produce high quality emails and messages to individuals at all levels of the organization
• Maintain and organize team documents, including contracts and programs
• Handle regular activities without prompting, and advise in advance with issues or delays
• Assist in editing spreadsheets and presentations, including printing and binding, as required
• Advanced ability to organize
• Discretion and good judgment in confidential situations, and proven experience interacting with senior management
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• At least five years of administrative experience
• Advanced ability to organize
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent telephone etiquette and ability to manage competing priorities i.e. calendar management

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience supporting executives at the Managing Director (or equivalent) level
• College degree is a plus

A typical day consists of assisting customers and performing transactions. You will also look for opportunities to make customers lives easier by setting up self-service options and building relationships. Throughout the week, you will schedule time to review branch operations and share updated policy and procedures with branch employees. This results in the business is adhering to control expectations.