Updated: Aug 11, 2024 - The Client Associate facilitates effective fundraising activities for new commingled funds and manages all aspects of client communication, including drafting and reviewing newsflashes, factsheets, and formal reports. Responsibilities also include coordinating quarterly reporting packages and investor templates, ensuring prompt and accurate responses to client inquiries. The role demands close collaboration with portfolio managers, asset managers, and finance teams to gather and update portfolio-level and market information.
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1. Client Associate, Highland Financial Services, Topeka, KS
Job Summary:
- Monitor and manage the helpdesk/ticketing system across active maintenance engagements.
- Coordinate resources and define/communicate technical task details to the development/design team.
- Respond to clients regarding site bugs, enhancement requests, development tasks, and more.
- Take initiative in attempting to reproduce bugs, asking follow-up questions, and identifying/communicating when requests go beyond the scope of an existing arrangement.
- Improve service levels while ensuring profitability.
- Identify opportunities for new scopes of work with existing clients, and work with account managers to propose and implement change orders.
- Provide support to Project Managers
- Handles day-to-day cash-handling transactions
Skills on Resume:
- System Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Resource Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Client Communication (Soft Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Service Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Scope Identification (Soft Skills)
- Project Support (Soft Skills)
- Cash Handling (Hard Skills)
2. Client Associate, Metro Wealth Management, Reno, NV
Job Summary:
- Support a multi-state team that develops, maintains and expands client relationships by actively supporting services to potential and existing clients.
- Provide all administrative support to Relationship Managers including data entry, document preparation, account maintenance, and office resource management.
- Develop knowledge of financial planning, investment management, and trust services, and the confidence
- Provide exemplary support to the team, prospective clients and existing clients
- Support events and coordinate meetings that educate prospective members about services.
- Facilitate team coordination through support and communication with Relationship Managers, Investment Officers, Financial Planners, Marketing, and Compliance
- Work independently to make decisions regarding analyzing problems and the resolution of issues.
- Utilize the firm’s platforms and procedures to enhance the client experience
Skills on Resume:
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Administrative Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Financial Services Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Support Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Team Communication (Soft Skills)
- Problem Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Platform Utilization (Hard Skills)
3. Client Associate, Summit Advisory Group, Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Manage, research, and resolve incoming support requests (via email) from customers.
- Host scheduled customer calls to better understand product-use cases and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Take full-responsibility of partnering with technical contacts (engineering, product management, etc.) at WELL to surface and resolve customer issues.
- Own the full communication life-cycle of customer issues from creation (via email/support ticket), to issue resolution and ticket closure.
- Contribute to the creation of Support Articles that enable customers to self-serve with WELL educational resources and content.
- Act as a strong "voice-of-the the customer" in surfacing and advocating for areas of product and process improvement, to help us better serve and support customers.
- Develop effective working relationships with client agency partners and media owners
- Work with media and creative agencies to ensure the timely delivery of material, and accurate material instructions
- Use media industry tools to load, check, optimise, and report on media bookings
- General admin and document preparation, WIP updates, post analysis, final buys, competitive and planning documents
Skills on Resume:
- Email Management (Hard Skills)
- Customer Support (Soft Skills)
- Technical Troubleshooting (Hard Skills)
- Communication Lifecycle Management (Hard Skills)
- Content Development (Hard Skills)
- Advocacy Skills (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Media Coordination (Hard Skills)
4. Client Associate, Riverbend Solutions, Montgomery, AL
Job Summary:
- Advise on procedures for collecting appropriate documentation to set up new accounts
- Assist with on-boarding new members to the team and other projects
- Create a strong working relationship with clients
- Educate and assist advisors on account services and navigation of various platform capabilities
- Establish and cultivate relationships with new and existing clients and proactively help to resolve issues and concerns
- Manage calls and e-mails regarding service-related issues
- Pay close attention to detail, process work accurately
- Proactively develop self to continuously enhance knowledge, skills, credentials, and communication
- Process account service requests and ensure appropriate documentation is accurate and complete
- Review daily reports and alerts and process accordingly
Skills on Resume:
- Documentation Skills (Hard Skills)
- Team Onboarding (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Platform Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Detail Orientation (Soft Skills)
- Self-Improvement (Soft Skills)
5. Client Associate, Crestview Consulting, Bangor, ME
Job Summary:
- Provide excellent client service, resolve issues and respond to client inquiries and requests regarding accounts, balances, etc., maintain and foster relationships with clients
- Prepare and compile new client applications
- Assist with account opening process following established procedures and policies
- Assist in processing wire transfers
- Coordinate and assist back office operations in resolving credit problems, delinquent payment issues, and other related client concerns
- Maintain operational compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements
- Provide great customer service to customers
- Answer inbound calls from internal clients at the branches
- Supporting Financial Advisors on the products offered by the company (i.e., mutual funds, investment accounts, etc.)
- Educate clients on account services and capabilities
Skills on Resume:
- Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Financial Product Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Process Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Customer Service (Soft Skills)
- Educational Outreach (Soft Skills)
6. Client Associate, Gateway Investment Partners, Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Bank reconciliations and open all new accounts
- Manage shipping and receiving and manage inventory
- Provide ongoing maintenance of CRM database, client distribution lists, and other client informational spreadsheets
- Prepare ad hoc reports required by clients and consultants to be completed by stated deadline
- Manage the new account onboarding process for clients, primarily those investing in pooled vehicles
- Prepare and disseminate communications to clients
- Review and provide corrections to client invoicing
- Manage account amendments requested by Client and/or Client Director
- Prepare and assist with monthly and quarterly client reporting in a timely manner
- Manage account termination process by gathering necessary documentation and notifying all concerned parties
Skills on Resume:
- Financial Management (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- CRM Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Detail-Oriented (Soft Skills)
- Time Management (Soft Skills)
- Process Management (Soft Skills)
7. Client Services Associate, Pinebrook Financial, Charleston, WV
Job Summary:
- Supporting fundraising for upcoming commingled fund
- Support with inbound client queries
- Ownership and maintenance of Investment Team’s track record and performance reporting
- Draft and/or review all client communications for various products including newsflashes, acquisition factsheets, capital calls, formal communications, webcast and quarterly reports
- Co-ordination the production of formal quarterly reporting package
- Gathering portfolio-level and market updates from portfolio managers, asset managers, and finance teams, and working closely with support teams
- Co-ordination of quarterly investor templates – review and distribution
- Ensuring that client requests are answered accurately and promptly
Skills on Resume:
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Client Communication (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Project Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Time Management (Soft Skills)