Personal Banker (Full Time) - Houston, Bellaire

PROSPERITY BANK

Posted 11 days ago

Full Time

Houston, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

The Personal Banker is responsible for performing various financial services, including opening and closing accounts, assisting clients with inquiries, and resolving issues. They also collaborate with the Teller Supervisor to develop and train lobby employees for effective cross-selling of bank products and services.

We are looking for a detail-oriented Personal Banker to perform financial services, resolve client issues, and identify sales opportunities. A high school diploma or equivalent is required, along with zero to three years of New Account experience. Excellent communication, public relations, math, and bookkeeping skills are essential for success in this role.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Account Opening

Account Closing

Account Inquiries

Problem Resolution

Cross Selling

Sales Opportunities

Client Profiling

Business Relations

Data Entry Accuracy

Clerical Duties

Record Keeping

Communication

Public Relations

Bookkeeping

Math Skills

Computer Applications

Job Description

External Applicants: Please apply through Prosperity Bank's Career Center at https://www.prosperitybankusa.com/Careers.  Applying through any other source may prevent Prosperity from receiving your application. Internal Applicants: If you are a current associate of Prosperity Bank, please apply through the internal Talent - Career Center in ADP. Prosperity Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

POSITION PURPOSE
Responsible for performing a broad variety of financial services such as opening and closing accounts, renewing time deposit accounts, and assisting clients with account inquiries, maintenance, and problem resolution. Also (in collaboration with the Teller Supervisor) responsible for developing, training, and motivating lobby employees so they can assist customers and effectively cross sell bank products and services. Has basic knowledge of simple deposit and loan products and services. Identifies sales and referral opportunities and strives to meet related goals. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES 

Assumes responsibility for the effective and professional performance of financial service functions.
  • Presents and explains Bank products and services to clients and assists in meeting their financial needs including the following: opening, closing and maintaining checking, savings, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts as well as working with safe deposit boxes, savings bonds, credit cards and basic consumer loans.
  • Answers questions and solves problems for clients by listening, collecting data, and securing answers.
  • Profiles clients to identify sales opportunities.
  • Uses lead lists and other strategies to develop methods of generating additional business.
Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective, professional business relations with clients.
  • Resolves client requests and questions promptly, courteously, and professionally.
  • Receives and processes new client accounts and changes to existing accounts such as names changes, address changes, product changes, and other account maintenance as requested.
  • Maintains privacy of customer account information.
  • Maintains and projects the Bank’s professional reputation.
Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective coordination and working relationships with area personnel and with management.
  • Assists area personnel as required.
  • Keeps Banking Center Manager informed of area activities and significant problems.
  • Completes required reports and records accurately and promptly.
  • Attends meetings and training classes that may be held on weekdays, evenings, and/or Saturdays.
  • Oversee annual year-end reporting and special projects that pertain at the banking center level, such as key box audit or safe deposit box key audit.
  • Review new account and data entry, as needed, to ensure accuracy.
  • Supporting Treasury Management with new accounts and services for clients.
  • Ensuring daily logs are completed correctly as well as organizing logs at the end of the month for easy review.
Assumes responsibility for related duties as required or assigned.
  • Actively and professionally sells Bank products and services. Responsible for meeting sales production goals.
  • Performs related clerical duties as needed.
  • Ensures that work areas are clean, secure, and well maintained.

 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

  1. Financial service functions are efficiently, effectively, and accurately performed in accordance with established policies, standards, and security procedures.
  2. Good business relations exist with clients. Client problems and questions are courteously and promptly resolved.
  3. Good working relationships and coordination exist with area personnel and with management. Appropriate assistance is provided to area staff as needed. Supervisors are appropriately informed of area activities.
  4. Required reports and records are accurate, complete, and timely.
  5. Consistently strives to develop new client relationships as well as strengthen existing client relationships by identifying opportunities to sell Bank products and services and meet sales production goals.
  6. The Bank’s professional reputation is maintained and conveyed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification: High school graduate or equivalent.

Required Knowledge: Good understanding of financial services and products provided.

Experience Required: Zero up to 3 years of New Account experience

REQUIREMENTS: Complete Personal Banker Mentor Program or Personal Banker Learning Plan

Teller Learning Plan, if applicable

                                                Understanding the Caller Identification Process and Secure code – training offered

                                                by Training Department

                                                BPM Training, I, II, III and IV

                                                Understanding when to use DocuSign – Training DocuSign forms and templates

                                                Open Consumer Checking and Savings Accounts

                                                Open Commercial Checking and Saving Accounts

                                                Issue Debit Cards

                                                Complete requested customer file maintenance

                                                Clear DDA exceptions – clear timely

                                                Input debit card disputes

                                                Offer bank products to customers – cross sell

                                                Credit Cards

                                                Check orders – Harland check order training

                                                Wire transfers domestic – introduction to wires and domestic wire training

                                                Denial exceptions – clear timely

                                                Missing signature cards – clear timely

 Identify fraud situations – Risk Management I, II and III

                                                Assist on teller line, if applicable

                                                Close accounts

                                                Service charge waivers – needing approval – weekly report

                                                Additional duties as assigned by Banking Center Manager

                                                Online banking

Skills/Abilities: Excellent communication and public relations skills.

                                                Professional appearance and attitude.

                                                Ability to operate related computer applications and business equipment including 

                                                10-key and telephone.

                                                Solid math and bookkeeping abilities.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION

Talking: Especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or 

ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Average Hearing: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.

Finger Dexterity: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking

                                                up small objects or pinching fingers together.

Repetitive Motion: Movements frequently and regularly required using the wrists, hands, and/or

                                                fingers.

Average Visual Abilities: Average, ordinary, visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or 

products, or operate machinery.

Physical Strength: Sedentary work; sitting most of the time.  Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally. 

 No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions (such as in a typical office).

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MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved 

instructions and to deal with problems involving a few variables.

Mathematics Ability: Ability to perform basic math skills, use decimals to compute ratios, percentages, 

and to draw and interpret graphs.

Language Ability:  Ability to use passive vocabulary of 5,000-6,000 words; read at a slow rate.

And define unfamiliar words in dictionaries for meaning, spelling, and

                                                pronunciation.

                                                Ability to write complex sentences, using proper punctuation, and using adjectives 

                                                and adverbs.

                                                Ability to communicate in complex sentences, using normal word order with

                                                present and past tenses and good vocabulary.


Hours: Monday - Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM. Friday: 9:00AM - 6:00PM.
40 hours

PROSPERITY BANK

At Prosperity Bank, we believe in a community banking philosophy where personal relationships and great experiences go hand-in-hand. We provide convenient technology options that our customers expect – all backed by the highest level of security. At every touch point, you’ll find knowledgeable associates ready to serve our customers with accuracy and a smile time and time again. Prosperity provides personal banking services and investments to consumers and small to medium sized businesses throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Founded in 1983, Prosperity ranks among the top 100 U.S. banks in assets. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

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