Overview
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Education
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Melissa Gooden

Hogansville,GA

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Relationship Banker

Synovus
07.2022 - Current
  • Engages and consults with consumer and small business customers to identify, understand, and prioritize financial needs
  • Champions the customer's financial success through positioning product solutions and engaging appropriate partners
  • Pursues new business using sales management tools to proactively identify, retain and deepen current customer relationships and to identify and develop prospective clients
  • Meets or exceeds individual performance sales, referral and activity goals while supporting the goals of the branch and company
  • Opens and services accounts
  • Interviews consumer and small business loan applicants to identify loan opportunities and process and close loans
  • Adheres to Branch Operations Standards, policies and procedures and regulatory guidelines to protect against risk
  • Maintains a high level of awareness to recognize and report suspected fraud
  • Follows the business code of conduct including reporting known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion
  • Completes compliance and other assigned training on time
  • Performs other related duties as required.

Relationship Banker II

Regions Bank
01.2019 - 05.2022
  • Achieves branch targets and goals by identifying customer needs and providing appropriate guidance and perspective about Regions’ solutions
  • Conducts outbound phone calls using generated customer and prospect lead lists to expand existing customer relationships and acquire new ones
  • Educates and advises customers on Regions’ Consumer and Business products and services, including all loan and deposit types
  • Provides a consistent optimal customer experience, which may consist of sharing responsibility for greeting customers and processing transactions to ensure customers bank when, where, and how they choose
  • Owns and resolves customer issues
  • Follows all bank processes and procedures and adheres to applicable laws and regulations.

Child Support Services Agent II

Department of Child Support Services
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Establishes child support obligations and ensures that such obligations are met
  • Communicates with clients and other constituents via telephone, email correspondence and direct contact to ensure that support obligations are met
  • Manages a caseload to ensure that child support obligations are met
  • Performs other professional responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Economic Support Specialist

Department of Family and Children Services
04.2017 - 01.2018
  • Determines initial and ongoing eligibility for Family Medicaid, Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid, or Food Stamps
  • Processes applications, reviews, hearing request and/or changes using appropriate criteria and policies consistently; according to established guidelines
  • Provides professional, courteous, and helpful customer service to our internal and external customers
  • Performs other professional responsibilities as assigned.

Teller Coordinator

SunTrust
12.2014 - 04.2017
  • Supervise and coordinate the day-to-day activities of the teller line for the bank branch
  • Manage teller schedules ensuring continuous coverage of teller functions and adherence to established schedules
  • Work closely with branch management to communicate key information to the branch team regarding changes to bank policies, procedures, products and services
  • Lead the teller line in cross-selling, referrals and new business efforts in support of branch referral goals
  • Serves as Back up to relationship banker when needed
  • Follow SunTrust customer service standards to build rapport and develop high touch service as you get to know your customers.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Human Resource Management

Southern New Hampshire University
05.2023

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Time Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Team Player
  • Typing 65 WPM
  • Customer Service

References

Available Upon Request

Timeline

Senior Relationship Banker

Synovus
07.2022 - Current

Relationship Banker II

Regions Bank
01.2019 - 05.2022

Child Support Services Agent II

Department of Child Support Services
01.2018 - 01.2019

Economic Support Specialist

Department of Family and Children Services
04.2017 - 01.2018

Teller Coordinator

SunTrust
12.2014 - 04.2017

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Human Resource Management

Southern New Hampshire University
Melissa Gooden