Handle immediate escalations needing management contact and advanced support issues.
Review employee performance, and provide ongoing feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Administrative management duties: timecard approvals, interviews, review time-off requests, track attendance, etc.
Maintain strong relationships with advisors and their support staff to ensure client satisfaction.
Evaluate client feedback to identify areas for improvement in processes and services offered.
Monitor Frontline performance reports, looking for trends and areas of improvement.
Identify, interview, and hire exceptional team members, ensuring thorough evaluation, and strategic selection.
Senior Advisor Service Representative
LPL Financial
05.2021 - 10.2021
Company Overview: Acquired Waddell & Reed in July 2021.
Assist with brokerage account opening and maintenance, process asset movement requests, educate advisors, and explain policies and procedures.
Actively monitored the department email box to ensure accurate and timely responses.
Trained associates on proper email-handling procedures.
Facilitated communication between internal departments and the Financial Advisor's office.
Handled escalated calls from Advisor Service Representatives, and provided immediate consultation on call handling.
Mentored and trained new hires, and helped improve and/or develop training materials.
Educate and guide Financial Advisors through their Broker-Dealer Transition to LPL, assisting with account opening and processing inquiries
Advisor Service Representative
Waddell & Reed
10.2018 - 05.2021
Handled incoming calls from clients regarding their investment accounts.
Processed buys, sells, and trades of mutual funds for investors.
Provided technical support for clients who were having difficulty navigating the website.
Ensured compliance with company policies and procedures when dealing with advisors and their support staff.
Researched client and advisor issues, and provided solutions utilizing available resources.
Collaborated with team members to ensure customer satisfaction and resolve problems quickly.
Investment Support
Ameriprise Financial
04.2014 - 10.2018
Company Overview: Ameriprise acquired Investment Professionals, Inc. in 2017.
Processed efficiently and timely all key product lines for the firm, including brokerage, annuity, direct to fund, Business Development Company, REIT, and Managed Money.
Monitored changes in the regulatory environment that affected representatives' ability to sell, with guidance from compliance, operations, and supervision teams.
Resolved customers' issues in a professional and effective manner.
Helped clients manage their brokerage accounts by completing online account transactions, such as investments, redemptions, and account maintenance.
Provided comprehensive support to registered representatives.
Assisted in the creation and improvements to training materials to assist Representatives with business production.
Telephone Banker
Frost Bank
01.2012 - 03.2014
Responsible for identifying and meeting the financial needs for new and existing customers about bank products and services
Responsibilities include acting as a mediator between customers, bankers and Central Credit Approval; providing quality customer service to prospective and existing customers inquiring about bank products and services; referring customers to other lines of business when the product and/or service are part of another division within the bank
Originate Home Equity, Home Equity Lines of Credit, Home Improvement, and other consumer loan applications
Achievements: Met million-dollar loan mark within the first month of hire
National Mortgage License Number: 978784
Customer Service Team Lead
Frost Bank
01.2011 - 01.2012
Responsible for supporting, supervising and motivating Customer Service Specialists
Responsibilities included monitoring team members' performance and assisting management with annual reviews for team members
Monitoring team members' attendance and punctuality; and providing customer service for Private Bankers
Offering support to customer service specialists by handling calls of a complex nature requiring additional knowledge of products or services, a higher level of decision-making authority, or specific problem solving skills
Achievements: Promoted to Bank Officer April 2012
Education
High School Diploma -
Holmes High School
San Antonio, TX
01-2004
Skills
FINRA SIE and Series 99 license
Training and development
Relationship building
Employee coaching and mentoring
Adaptability and flexibility
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal