PT Teller-Kennett/Senath

FIRST STATE BANK AND TRUST•Kennett, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Develop expertise in conducting financial transactions between customers and the bank, handling routine customer inquiries and problems, and maintaining favorable customer/employee relations by performing the following duties. Learns to follow customer service procedures to ensure they are met to the highest standard consistently by providing professional, pleasant greetings, making eye contact, smiling and addressing the customer by name. Observe, participate in, and comprehend the initial equipment training, explanation of transaction processing, transaction procedures and customer service techniques as illustrated by the Teller Supervisor or designated trainer. Develop expertise in receiving and processing checking and savings transactions; mortgage, commercial and consumer loan payments. Note and verify significant information as required by bank policy and procedures. Follow bank procedures when performing transactions as required (endorsement of checks, verify signature, verify no stop payment, etc.). Develop ability to answer routine questions regarding bank transactions, services and procedures while maintaining good customer relations at all times. Exercise discretion, judgment and initiative regarding transaction problems and inquiries. Demonstrate ability to discuss routine problems pertaining to savings and checking transactions or bank services. Be able to direct customer to appropriate employees for answers to special or complex problems and inquiries. Refer difficult problems to Teller Supervisor or Lead Teller. Develop expertise in preparing and receiving payments, issuing cashier’s checks and money orders, redeeming savings bonds; and selling and advising customers on promotional items and services. Show knowledge of acceptable cash drawer limits as stated in bank policy. Maintain adequate working funds. Verify and balance assigned cash drawer daily with an acceptable level of cash variances keeping balance below the maximum level. Learn to total and balance all checks, deposit/withdrawal slips, cash tickets, and other records of bank transactions according to established procedures; locate and reconcile any transaction errors, including those referred to them because of their complexity or difficulty, with appropriate personnel. Learn prompt, efficient and courteous service in granting access to safe deposit boxes by providing professional, pleasant greetings, making eye contact, smiling and addressing the customer by name. Learn to verify access authority against safe deposit contract for each access request, exercising prescribed controls. Learn to accept and process payments for safe deposit boxes. Take in and dispense various denominations of coin and currency. Receive and process incoming mail transactions per bank procedures. Learn other duties in order to facilitate day-to-day operations of other personnel in the department. Develop knowledge of bank products and services. Develop knowledge of regulatory compliance. Work to develop sales skills to achieve monthly sales goals that you will be assigned after completing the first 90 days of employment. Learn to conduct effective checking sales presentations that result in an appropriate account recommendation and ask for the customer’s business. Learn to make professional referrals to a Customer Service Representative for the account opening. Must experience consistently accurate cash balancing. Maintain confidentiality of customer account information at all times. Perform duties of Teller Trainee at any given location as may be required.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Six months to one year work experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to operate a telephone.
Ability to operate a 10-key calculator.
Ability to operate a typewriter.
Ability to operate a scanner.
Ability to operate a personal computer and printer.
Ability to operate a copy machine.
Ability to operate a shredder.
Ability to operate a check encoder.
Ability to operate a coin counter.
Ability to operate a currency counter.
Ability to operate a cash advance machine.
Ability to operate an ATM.
Ability to operate an ATM/debit card re-pin machine.
Ability to operate a laminator.
Ability to operate a fax machine.
Ability to operate Jack Henry 20/20 software.
Ability to operate Vertex and Vertex Item Capture software.
Ability to operate Synergy software.
Ability to operate 4Sight software.
Ability to operate Word software.
Ability to operate Excel software.
Ability to operate Adobe software.
Ability to operate Microsoft Office software.
Ability to operate various other software programs as required.
Valid driver's license.
Able to be bonded by the Bank’s surety company.
Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
Frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Develop sales skills to achieve monthly sales goals after completing the first 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Conducting financial transactions between customers and the bank.
Handling routine customer inquiries and problems.
Maintaining favorable customer/employee relations.
Receiving and processing checking and savings transactions.
Processing mortgage, commercial and consumer loan payments.
Answering routine questions regarding bank transactions, services and procedures.
Preparing and receiving payments.
Issuing cashier’s checks and money orders.
Redeeming savings bonds.
Selling and advising customers on promotional items and services.
Balancing assigned cash drawer daily.
Reconciling transaction errors.
Granting access to safe deposit boxes.
Verifying access authority against safe deposit contract.
Accepting and processing payments for safe deposit boxes.
Taking in and dispensing various denominations of coin and currency.
Receiving and processing incoming mail transactions.
Facilitating day-to-day operations of other personnel in the department.
Developing knowledge of bank products and services.
Developing knowledge of regulatory compliance.
Conducting effective checking sales presentations.
Making professional referrals to a Customer Service Representative for account opening.
Maintaining confidentiality of customer account information.
Performing duties of Teller Trainee at any given location.