Associate Banker - Edina, MN

Application Deadline:

11/29/2023

Address:

5050 France Avenue South

Job Family Group:

Retail Banking Sales & Service

Here’s how you will feel working at BMO  

• Fulfilled and Inspired: Help our customers make real financial progress & make a positive impact in our communities. Forbes named BMO among the World’s Best Banks 2020, as recognized by customers. 

• Empowered to Grow Your Career: Build the career you aspire to have and grow in ways that are important to you. 

• Valued and Heard: Use your voice to be a champion for progress and a catalyst for change. 

• Supported in Living Well: Experience the balance and support you need 
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Check out all of the additional great benefits BMO has to offer: BMO Life | Benefits (bmoharris.com) 
 

Duties:  

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 with BMO partners to deliver the desired customer experience and achieve overall business objectives.

• Collaborates with BMO partners to identify referral opportunities that further grow the customer’s relationship with BMO beyond personal banking.
• Welcomes and guides customers as they walk into the branch lobby, and 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.
• As a lobby leader, assists in conducting client conversations about banking services to recommend alternative banking channels and  provide personal banking and investment advice.
• Meets customer transaction-based needs with seamless execution.
• 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).
• 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 branch customer experience.
• Contributes to business results and the overall experience delivered in the branch.
• May work at multiple branches 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.
• Completes complex & diverse tasks within given rules/limits.
• Analyzes issues and determines next steps; escalates as required.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Typically between 1 – 2 years of relevant experience and/or certification in related field of study desirable or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Canada only: Registration to sell investment products completed or in progress (must be completed within 12 months) - as appropriate for the jurisdiction.
• Confident and experienced in the use of social media, tablets, Smart phones, online tools, and applications.
• Some experience in a consultative customer service or sales roles, with a drive to deliver a personal customer experience.
• Basic knowledge of specialized sales and business banking solutions to refer to specialists.
• Passionate commitment