Universal Banker - Telesales

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

About the Department

We design and provide products and services that empower our customers to enjoy greater banking convenience while they extract more value from their money. In particular, we are focused on promoting and developing healthy saving and investment practices across generations.

Job Description

The Telesales is a trainee professional role. Requires a good knowledge of the range of processes, procedures and systems to be used in carrying out assigned tasks and a basic understanding of the underlying concepts and principles upon which the job is based. Good understanding of how the team interacts with others in accomplishing the objectives of the area. Makes evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information. They are expected to resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. Must be able to exchange information in a concise and logical way as well as be sensitive to audience diversity. Limited but direct impact on the business through the quality of the tasks/services provided. Impact of the job holder is restricted to own job.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and increase relationship balances, cross-sell additional banking products, partner with team to refer potential investment referrals, acquire new clients.

• Deliver an excellent client experience by supporting clients’ service requests.

• Perform periodic reviews and updates of clients’ profiles.

• Understand client needs matching them with the appropriate set of products and services.

• Responsible for managing a book of business comprised of clients residing in multiple countries, across different time zones.

• Clearly articulate business’s value proposition, matching clients with the correct set of products and services.

• Directly responsible for providing timely responses to client service requests, received via telephone or email. Channel such client service requests to the appropriate service and or back-office team(s).

• Meet or exceed goals by increasing and retaining deposits, and by cross selling additional banking products. Also responsible for supporting client requests for credit cards.

• Respond to client requests for investment products, referring clients to partners if requested.

• Accountable for identifying prospective clients interested in becoming new clients.

• Fully responsible for Know-Your-Customer (KYC) activities, specifically addressing periodic reviews of customer profiles and partnering with Citi’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Compliance departments to ensure risks are properly assessed and managed. Responsible for completing these AML alerts with the highest levels of quality, and to complete such alerts within specific time frames set by the business.

• Enter all data necessary to update KYC profiles based on interviews with their clients.

• Responsible for remediating any valid errors and/or observations identified during quality reviews of their cases and following the appropriate dispute process for any disputed errors. Participate in any corrective action that requires their engagement.

• Fully responsible for knowing and understanding all AML risks associated with client relationships under their management. Accountable for recommending or agreeing in certain cases if relationships are to be exited.

• Responsible for updating client KYC Profiles at any time during the client life cycle whenever a member’s information changes.

• Responsible for executing specific client contact campaigns as defined by Sales Management.

• Responsible for proactively contacting clients to identify needs and deepen relationships.

• Complete all required trainings pertaining to the function on a timely manner.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.

• 2-4 years experience in Sales or Customer Service.

• Experience within financial services (banking, insurance, investments).

• Basic understanding of Know-Your-Customer and AML concepts applicable to the Financial Services industry.

• Demonstrated influencing and sales skills.

• Knowledge on the bank's products.

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

• Conveys ideas effectively in oral Tele-sales skill and persuasive/effective pitch skill Customer service-oriented mindset.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Tele-sales manner.

• Preventive efforts to manage customer complaints.

• Proactive attitude.

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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