Teller

Peoples Bank • Byesville, OH

10h • Onsite

About The Position

Peoples Bank is a growing company with an award-winning culture, aiming to be the Best Community Bank in America. It is one of the largest 150 banks in the United States, operating 130 full-service bank branches across Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland, with additional Specialty Finance offices in Minnesota, Missouri, and Vermont. The bank prides itself on being a community bank, with its Foundation donating over $8 million to local organizations since 2003. Peoples Bank has received numerous national accolades, including being recognized as one of American Banker's Best Banks to Work For (2021-2025), a Top Workplaces USA national award winner (2022-2025), and featured in Newsweek's America's Best Banks (2023-2024) and America's Greatest Workplaces (2024-2025), Forbes America’s Best Banks (2024-2025) and Best-in-State Banks (2020, 2021, 2025), and TIME’s America’s Growth Leaders (2026). This Teller position is responsible for providing excellent service to customers in accordance with Peoples Bank policies. Key duties include opening deposit accounts, processing complex multi-step teller transactions, selling bank products and services, assisting with maintenance requests, and resolving customer service issues. The role also involves uncovering additional customer needs and referring them to appropriate business partners. This is a sales and service role crucial for helping the branch achieve its goals while delivering industry-leading customer service.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 1-year related work experience in customer service.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of accuracy and close attention to detail.
• Proficient in basic computer operations and standard applications, with the ability to quickly learn and navigate job-specific software to perform daily tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive and professional attitude.
• Proven team player.
• Trustworthy and confidential behavior is essential in this role.
• Daily reliable transportation.
• Role requires consistent standing to perform role.
• Bending or squatting may also be required to access night drops, coin machines, vaults, ATM, etc. based upon the branch set up.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. consistently.
• Must be able to travel to attend internal education and meetings which in some circumstances could include overnight stay.
• Travel also required to fill in at other branches as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent service to customers in accordance with Peoples Bank policies.
• Open deposit accounts.
• Process complex multi-step teller transactions.
• Sell bank products and services.
• Assist customers with maintenance requests.
• Resolve customer service issues.
• Uncover additional customer needs and refer them to the appropriate business partner.
• Help the branch obtain goals.
• Deliver superior customer service with a friendly demeanor, can-do attitude, and willingness to help at all times.
• Develop and retain the customer base, greet by/use name, have knowledge of account ownership, and be responsive and timely with correspondence and problem resolution.
• Maintain a position of trust and responsibility by keeping all customer business confidential.
• Receive checks and cash for deposit to savings and checking accounts, verify deposit amounts, and examine checks for endorsement and negotiability.
• Research and offer solutions to resolve customer issues by using knowledge of the organization to identify helpful resources.
• Provide follow up to customer on resolution.
• Initiate conversations to uncover customer needs, referring customers to platform associates within the branch, and meeting established referral goals.
• Make sales calls via phone or zoom to clients and/or prospects on a weekly basis to meet calling goals of the branch while recording these activities in Salesforce.
• Consistently meet or exceed sales referral goals as set by management.
• Maintain a well-developed working knowledge of the complete line of products and services offered.
• Maintain balancing and error record that is in line with policy and have the ability to find and correct outages and to enlist help as needed for errors that are more difficult.
• Follow operational standards regarding security, risk management, and compliance.
• Consistently complete required training for all bank and branch policies and procedures.
• Meet scheduled working hours as designated by manager to ensure effective functionality of the branch to meet client needs.
• Meet Retail Branch Standards which includes dress code.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Various education assistance programs such as student loan and tuition paydown/reimbursement
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees