Customer Experience Representative, Summer 2021 (Students - 2022/2023 Grads) - Rockford

Company: BMO Financial Group
Location: Rockford
Posted on: May 5, 2021

Job Description:

Address: 3202 McFarland Road Job Family Group: Retail Banking Sales & Service We are actively seeking current students (college or university) who will be graduating in 2022/2023 for this position. We are actively seeking candidates for the following locations: Rockford, IL., Belvidere, IL., Marengo, IL., Woodstock, IL., Rockford S. Alpine, IL., and Rockford N. Main, IL. Delivers exceptional service to BMO customers and prospects. Identifies customer needs and provides advice and guidance regarding financial solutions that are in the best interests of customers. Works collaboratively within the branch and through various channels with BMO partners to deliver the desired customer experience and achieve overall business objectives. + Identifies customer needs and initiates referrals to BMO colleagues. + Supports customer requests for banking services, including handling transactions and customer inquiries. + Welcomes customers warmly and meets their banking service and transactional needs with seamless execution. + Offers advice and guidance on available digital and self-serve options with the goal of making it easy, simple, and fast to bank with BMO. + Reviews customer profiles and engages customers in a needs-based conversation to identify potential opportunities and address everyday banking plans and credit card needs. + Contributes to meeting branch business results and the customer experience. + Supports operational activities (e.g. inventory management, escalated service requests, following up on customer applications, filing, opening and closing activities). + Manages, loads, and reconciles cash transactions between treasury and various branch units (e.g. CRU). + Executes routine tasks (e.g. service requests, transactions, queries, etc.) within relevant service level agreements. + Acts as a key member of a collaborative and versatile branch and market team. + Probes to understand customer personal banking and credit card needs and integrates marketing promotions and programs into customer conversations to provide strategic advice. + Organizes work information to ensure accuracy and completeness. + Takes the initiative to find creative approaches that make each customer's experience feel personal. + Looks for ways to contribute to the ongoing improvement of the overall customer experience. + Contributes to business results and the overall experience delivered. + May work at multiple branches or through various channels based on market needs; work schedule may differ from week to week in terms of days worked, hours, and shifts. + Follows through on risk and compliance processes and policies to ensure we safeguard our customers' assets, maintain their privacy, and act in their best interest. + Keeps current with the wider financial services marketplace, the legal and regulatory environment, and our commitment to uphold the highest ethical requirements of our industry. + Maintains current knowledge of personal banking products, practices, and trends and integrates into customer conversations. + Identifies and reports suspicious patterns of activity that are suspected to be related to money laundering. + Complies with legal and regulatory requirements for the jurisdiction. + Protects the Bank's assets in compliance with all regulatory, legal, and ethical requirements. + Escalates complex or unresolved customer situations to managers as required. + Completes standardized tasks under supervision. + Performs initial problem solving within given rules/limits & escalates when required. + Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed. Qualifications: + No prior experience necessary; post-secondary degree or certification in related field of study is desirable. + High-level knowledge of personal, commercial and partner offers, and how each can best serve customers' individual needs. + Confident and experienced in the use of social media, tablets, smart phones, online tools, and applications. + Highly skilled at helping people who don't find digital applications intuitive to gain confidence in how to use them and to understand their benefits. + Projects a professional presence. + Basic knowledge of specialized sales and business banking solutions to refer to specialists. + Passionate commitment to helping customers. + A focus on delivering a personal experience to customers. + Resourceful self-starter with courage and confidence to approach customers. + Readiness to collaborate and work in different capacities as part of a team. + Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport and connections with customers. + An aptitude for listening, solving problems, and responding flexibly and creatively to new challenges. + Basic knowledge learned on the job. + Verbal & written communication skills - Basic (in business environment). + Organization skills - Basic (in business environment). + Collaboration & team skills - Basic (in business environment). We're here to help At BMO Harris Bank we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world. As a member of the BMO Harris Bank team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one - for yourself and our customers. We'll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we'll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset. To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmoharris.com. BMO Harris Bank is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other's differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. BMO Harris Bank N.A. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter. BMO Financial GroupServing customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $728 billion as of October 31, 2018, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.We serve Canadian clients through BMO Bank of Montreal, our personal and commercial banking business, BMO Nesbitt Burns*, one of Canada's leading wealth management firms, and BMO Capital Markets, our North American investment and corporate banking division.In the United States, clients are served through BMO Harris Bank, a major U.S. Midwest personal and commercial bank, and BMO Private Bank, with wealth management offices across the United States, as well as BMO Capital Markets, our North American investment and corporate banking division.We help our customers make money make sense by delivering the broadest range of financial services through a single point of contact. Our financial service professionals provide access to any services our customers require across the entire enterprise.

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