Trust Senior Associate - Houston, TX

Job Description:

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Job Summary:

The Trust Senior Associate (TSA) is a specialist role that has primary responsibility for assisting the Senior Trust Officer and Trust Officer in all phases of trust account/relationship servicing, fulfillment and/or administration. TSAs are trust product experts who act as an additional point of contact for clients and/or as a backup for client-facing Trust Officers.

The TSA will coordinate the internal delivery of trust services through the appropriate channels within the Fiduciary Services and/or Trust Operations groups.  Additionally, TAs will seek out new business opportunities from existing books of business and assist other service associates as needed.

Job Description:
This job is responsible for providing administrative and account servicing activities for fiduciary and trust client relationships. Key responsibilities include serving as a trust product expert, helping to identify opportunities for expanded product penetration in existing books of business, and supporting administrative client account/relationship servicing. Job expectations include acting as an additional point of contact to clients and supporting other service associates as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Supports Trust and Estate Officers with administrative and account servicing activities for fiduciary and trust clients, while applying knowledge of trust products to support the execution of client transactions

• Serves as an additional point of contact to clients and/or as backup for the Trust Officers, servicing account questions and resolving service issues including investment management and trust accounts, money movement, discretionary actions, resolving compliance metrics exceptions, Client Maintenance Tool updates

• Identifies new business opportunities for expanded penetration of Private Bank capabilities within the client's current book of business, while assisting other service associates as needed

• Coordinates the internal delivery of trust services through the appropriate channels within the Fiduciary Services and/or Trust Operations groups

• Partners with the Trust office on general day-to-day administration functions for maintaining investment management and trust accounts

Skills:

• Active Listening

• Adaptability

• Attention to Detail

• Emotional Intelligence

• Prioritization

• Collaboration

• Critical Thinking

• Decision Making

• Oral Communications

• Written Communications

• Drives Engagement

• Innovative Thinking

• Mentoring

• Networking

• Problem Solving

Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

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