Registered Client Service Associate

Job Posting

Cedar Rapids Raymond James is seeking a Registered Client Service Associate who is a motivated, detail-oriented, and creative problem solver to join our team. This essential role helps to provide high quality / high touch critical administrative support to Financial Advisors, their prospective and existing clients and other branch staff team members. The ideal candidate will have effective communication skills as well as the ability to organize, manage, and track multiple, detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, task-oriented work environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Serves as first point of contact to service a high volume of daily interactions, including basic inquiries, providing quotes and scheduling of meetings, with prospective and existing clients on the phone, in-person, virtually and through mailings.
• Works both independently and within a dynamic team environment to provide crucial support to the financial advisors and branch office.
• Onboards new clients, opens new client accounts and researches client and security information using internal databases and other technologies.
• Ensures key client information and documentation is current with firm and industry requirements, rules and regulations.
• Processes and monitors the transfer of assets to ensure all assets and cost basis were successfully received.
• Monitors available cash awaiting investment, including running weekly cash and cash equivalent reports and contacting clients with investment opportunities to maximize returns.
• Reviews, assesses and responds to all corporate action items and client account alerts.
• Prepares financial reports, spreadsheets and other materials for client meetings.
• Inputs orders and rebalances portfolios on behalf of the Financial Advisors.
• Creates and maintains records and files utilizing Client Relationship Management (CRM) software.
• Assists Financial Advisors with marketing efforts including seminars and other client-facing events.
• Actively engages in available training / cross-training and educational and / or professional development opportunities to remain current on firm and industry policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of :

Skill in :

Ability to :

Licenses / Certifications :

Education :

High School (HS) (Required)

Work Experience :

General Experience - 7 to 12 months

Certifications :

Securities Industry Essentials Exam (SIE) - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Travel : Less than 25%

Workstyle : Resident

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view. We expect our associates at all levels to :

At Raymond James as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.