Job Description:

Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance.

Merrill’s Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Client Associates help clients pursue the life they envision through a personal relationship with their advisory team committed to their needs. We believe trust comes from transparency. Our trusted advisory teams are equipped with access to the investment insights of Merrill coupled with the banking convenience of Bank of America.

At Merrill, we empower you to bring your whole self to work. We value diversity in our thoughts, business, and within our employees and clients. Our Wealth Management team represents an array of different backgrounds and bring their unique perspectives, ideas and experiences, helping to create a work community that is culture driven, resilient, results focused and effective.

Job Description:
The position is for the Duckworth Haggerty Group. 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.

Responsibilities:

Provides excellent Client Service to the bank's clients through educating them on all of the bank's service and banking offeringsEnsures timeliness, accuracy, and completeness in client materials and follows up on all client and Financial Advisor (FA) requestsAssists with ensuring practices are in alignment with the bank's policies and procedures to support operational excellence, protect the bank's clients, and manage riskIdentifies, 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 FASupports day-to-day team activities and needs including covering roles in times of absence or seasonal need increases, while leading with a client first mindsetMaintains and enhances relationships with existing clientsPromotes client retention and satisfaction through frequent proactive client contact and engagementPerforms routine and complex account-related activitiesProvides day to day resolution of client service requests and the execution of complex and/or escalated requestsReviews, resolves and or escalates client service related issuesIdentify and manage the client onboarding operational processSchedule and prepare materials for client meetingsAttend client review meetings to assist in re-discovery conversations, capture notes and follow up in Salesforce, and track all actions/activities to ensure highest level of client serviceLeverage financial data to identify possible solutions to meet client needs and goalsDocument client interactions and provide team with time sensitive updatesMonitor and report on client satisfaction and manage the resolution of client escalationsEngage specialists and partners to address client needs and deliver solutionsAssist the planning process through execution of extensive data gathering, analyzing, and data input with the end goal of creating a robust financial plan for Financial Advisor(s) and Advisor Team(s) to share with clients.

Skills:

Account ManagementClient ManagementCustomer and Client FocusIssue ManagementOral CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentClient Solutions AdvisoryPipeline ManagementPrioritizationAdministrative ServicesEmotional IntelligenceReferral IdentificationWritten Communications

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

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

37.5