Float Universal Banker

Float Universal Banker

If you are someone wanting to make a difference in the communities that we serve and join the strongest large bank in Kansas City, then Security Bank of Kansas City has a career for you. In addition to our compensation and benefits packages, Security Bank offers full-time employees 11 paid holidays, rewarding and challenging growth opportunities, generous paid time off and discounted banking services.

A Float Universal Banker is responsible for delivering excellent service to current and potential customers. Employees in this position possess exceptional customer service skills, confidence, leadership skills, a strong sales aptitude, attention to detail, and an outstanding knowledge of traditional bank products and services. They support and service new and existing Security Bank of Kansas City customers using in-person, phone call and email interactions and ensure that the banking center channel delivers consistent, prompt, and professional customer experience while focusing on building and enhancing customer relationships to foster long-term relationships.

The duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Understands and applies operational policies and procedures that evolve as customer behaviors change and the channel grows.
• Understands the consumer lending process as it relates to cross-sell opportunities, loan products and interest rates.
• Properly identifies customers on every interaction using established guidelines and procedures.
• Provides accurate account information using account security procedures.
• Recognizes account flags such as holds, delinquent loans and screen messages before interacting with a customer.
• Recognizes inconsistencies regarding checks being deposited and account activity.
• Understands check hold processes and procedures.
• Must be customer-focused and able to convey information in an enthusiastic and positive manner.
• Greets customers enthusiastically, provide quality customer service and constantly look for ways to exceed their expectations.
• Processes cash and check transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, loan payments and transfers from one account to another while safeguarding against fraud.
• Balances cash drawers throughout the day and at the end of each shift.
• Performs financial transactions in an efficient and precise manner.
• Supports individual and enterprise goals as determined by management.
• Utilizes system software provided.
• Promotes honest and open communication throughout the organization.
• Demonstrates behaviors that are consistent with the bank's philosophies, objectives, and leadership characteristics.
• Integrates with team members of various branches.
• Works with other departments to ensure the workflow or process is providing the best service to the customer.
• Proactively seeks ways to provide financial solutions to new and existing customer relationships to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Proficient in determining customer needs, and providing solutions, that may include referring customers to other departments and bank affiliates/partners including mortgage and commercial lending, treasury management and financial advisors.
• Maintains a strong working knowledge of consumer/business banking products and services to confidently consult with customers.
• Enthusiastically educates customers on banking online and payment products.
• Accurately and efficiently processes a variety of banking transactions while following proper procedures and safeguarding against fraud and insures customer privacy.
• Uses strong and creative decisioning skills and abilities to assist customers conducts transactions and sales activities with little to no supervision.
• Issues money orders, cashier's checks and redeems savings bonds.
• Able to identify correct product types through needs-based questioning to sell products/services or make referrals to other departments, bank affiliates/partners to build and deepen customer relationships.
• Proactively seeks ways to expand customer relationships to meet or exceed individual, team and bank goals.
• Ensures all disclosures, audit standards, security policies and procedures are followed in accordance with Bank policy and Federal regulations. Stays up to date with changes.
• Assists with deposit account openings, account maintenance requests, and may assist customers with accessing their safe deposit box.
• Ability to travel amongst different offices within a region and adjust to each office. Position will be assigned a home office but will be expected to travel amongst different offices within a region as needed based on geography to the home office.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proven sales skills, leadership skills and some background with outside networking/community involvement preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use tact, diplomacy, and present a professional personal appearance.
• Intermediate experience with office technology tools (e.g., computer, internet browsers, Microsoft Office, or similar applications).
• General knowledge of traditional bank products and services.
• Ability to multi-task, achieve goals, stay organized, solve problems, manage time wisely, and work with limited supervision.
• In addition to possessing the skills necessary to perform the job, the employee must be willing and able to demonstrate these skills by coming to work daily, as scheduled.

Minimum 1-2 years' banking, retail experience and previous customer service experience preferred.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, talk, see and hear. The general level of physical activity would be defined as sedentary. The employee is occasionally required to stand and frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. Some movements of the hands, arms, and wrists may involve repetitive motions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Regular attendance and punctuality are necessary and essential functions.
• Cognitive/Mental Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to comprehend and use basic language, either written or spoken, to communicate information and ideas, both simple and complex. The employee is also required to use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information and deal with abstract variables for unique or unfamiliar situations; also requires use of problem-solving skills including formulating and applying appropriate course of action for routine or familiar situations. The employee may be required to perform numerical operations including basic counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing or more complex quantitative calculations.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is inside a central heat and air-conditioned office building. The noise level in the work environment is minimal.

Statements included in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the employee(s) assigned to this job. The statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required.

Accommodations will be made to allow for meeting requirements when it does not place an "undue hardship" on Security Bank of Kansas City.

Security Bank of Kansas City is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.