Relationship Advisor Part-Time (Contact Center)

Relationship Advisor Part-Time (Contact Center)

We are Addition Financial, a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative, offering comprehensive financial solutions that help members achieve their financial goals. Shareholder profits don't drive us and never have. Since 1937, we've been on a mission to bring financial success and education to everyone and make a positive impact in the lives of our members and the communities we serve. And we want your help to make that happen. We're looking for people who not only want to do meaningful, challenging work, but who also have a heart for service. If this sounds like you, keep reading and we'll dive into the specifics!

We are the Contact Center. We are a high-volume member service group. Our goal is to make it easier to do business with Addition Financial as we provide world-class member service, one call resolutions, and product pairing based on each member's individual needs. It is the responsibility of each member of our team to meet these goals as we strive to enhance the Addition Financial brand. We work hard to meet these goals because it means our members' lives are changed for the better.

Ours is a culture of empowerment. We believe a highly trained employee is a confident, proficient, and assertive employee. We strive to create a culture of empowerment by giving our staff the freedom to make decisions on the member's behalf to bring resolution to issues, provide service recovery, and ensure each member has the best experience possible.

We work in an environment of open communication, shared ideas, and continual improvement in an effort to grow our company and strengthen the member relationship.

We expect all members of the Contact Center staff to:

• Adhere to the policies and procedures of Addition Financial, the Contact Center, and their individual team
• Do their best work at all times giving their full attention and best effort in all areas of their performance
• Be at work on time according to their scheduled shifts
• Ask questions, try new things, fail and learn from mistakes, do big things
• Share ideas and best practices that will help shape and support our goal of world-class service

Relationship Advisors are required to handle member calls in an effort to determine member needs and provide individualized solutions. Consultative and investigative conversations will be utilized to provide product and service recommendations to each member. Agents will receive coaching based on Quality Assurance reviews, live monitoring by management, as well as when needed based on performance feedback. Product, system, and job knowledge will all be developed through classroom, one-on-one, and online learning resources.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Communicates with the members and colleagues via telephone to discuss financial needs. Providing basic information including, but not limited to account balances, histories, rates, hours of operation, product and services, etc.
• Performs additional account maintenance such as adding or removing a joint, close accounts requests, IRA/HSA servicing, legal title changes, etc.
• Performs monetary and non-monetary transactions including, but not limited to transfers, pay by phone, stop payments, changes of address, opening sub-accounts, etc.
• Submits claims to the appropriate department and informs member of the resolution.
• Keeps updated on all credit union policies, procedures, promotions, and services.
• Educates and cross-sells members additional products and services that are most appropriate to their situation.
• Successfully meets or exceeds sales and quality monitoring goals.
• Successfully completes compliance requirements
• Utilizes resources such as Connections, additionfi.com, and training materials, etc.
• Understands and utilizes phone and computer systems.
• Completes Lumen courses as directed by Management.
• Enters required loan information into the lending system with the knowledge on all lending policies, products, procedures, and promotions.
• Understands credit bureau report, identifies additional lending opportunities, educates member on best practices to improve credit score, while meeting or exceeding all lending goals.
• Ability to identify member's lending needs and to cross-sell appropriate ancillary products (i.e. credit life/disability, GAP, and mechanical warranty).
• Other duties as assigned by Management.
• And other department wide projects and tasks as assigned.

Requirements include:

• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Experience: One to two years' related experience in a customer/member services environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• General knowledge of all products and services for cross-selling purposes and general knowledge of the various departments within the organization.

Part Time is a minimum of 24 hours per week - maximum 32 hours per week. This position is required to work every Saturday. Hours based on the needs of the department. Requires 4 weeks of full-time training.

Other characteristics of the position include:

• Physical Demands: Sitting for long periods at a time. Regularly required to talk or listen. Occasional lifting of office supplies up to 20 lbs. Vision abilities including close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Mental Demands: Must understand and follow a set of clear oral and/or written procedures without deviation. Performs repetitive routine tasks. Withstand moderate amounts of stress. Must adhere to a provided work schedule to meet a set of qualitative production standards. Perform tasks that vary little from day to day. Implements others' decisions/procedures with little judgment required. Must relay information orally.

Working with us:

• 401k with profit sharing contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage from leading insurance providers
• Continuing education and up to $5,000 in tuition assistance annually
• Generous vacation and sick pay
• Paid parental leave and volunteer time off
• Major holidays off including Federal holidays that many other industries don't observe
• Credit union benefits including reduced consumer/mortgage loan rates, free checks, and other financial services discounts

At Addition Financial, we accept you for who you are. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, protected veteran status, or disability/handicap with regards to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits, and any other areas of employment. Personal perspectives and beliefs are what helps our team members, and our company, grow as a whole and we seek to nurture that inclusiveness. We welcome our team member's diverse viewpoints and work together so that everyone's voices are heard. So, if you're ready to take your career to the next level, Count Us In.

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