Description
The Trade Review Associate verifies that the Financial Advisor (FA) initiating a life insurance transaction is appropriately licensed and registered, verifies contract data with insurance companies, responds to a high volume of calls from Financial Advisors and Sales Assistants related to insurance paperwork requirements, and provides some limited general assistance to branches. The Associate assists the Analyst, Sr. Analyst, and Supervisor in all aspects of their job with the intent to progress to the next level upon passing the required licenses.
What We're Looking For
- Performs the initial review of all Insurance Withdrawals, Sub pays, New Purchases, and Exchanges.
- Ensures that all Stifel acknowledgment letters are completed and signed and that the appropriate Financial Advisor has approved and signed the transactions.
- Ensures that investment objectives and financial information on Stifel's Account Demographics match the objectives on the Transaction Detail Report/Acknowledgement Letters.
- Interacts with FAs and Sales Assistants, providing information about errors found or data elements. Professionally handles objections for delayed or canceled transactions and adequately explains such situations to Manager.
- Provides limited assistance to FAs and Sales Assistants regarding paperwork requirements, submission process, and request uploading to the Insurance Database.
- Collaborates daily with the Trade Review Analyst, Sr. Analyst, Supervisor, and Licensing/Registration and Annuity Operations Departments.
What You'll Bring
- Some understanding, knowledge, and experience in the financial industry.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Solid organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines promptly.
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify complex problems, review related information, develop options, and implement solutions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; good interpersonal interaction and ability to work well with others.
Education & Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent experience required.
- 1+ years' experience in the financial services industry required.
Licenses & Credentials
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
About Stifel
Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We Value Diversity
Stifel is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion by embracing and welcoming everyone. At Stifel, we believe a diverse team is a critical element of how we find success and strive to build on diversity, inclusion, respect, and engagement in all that we do, across the firm. Accordingly, we welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates.
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