Operations Officer

at  Robertson and Company

Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private client, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.
Introduction: Prime Hires is seeking a skilled Operations Officer to join our client.
Contract Dates: 6 months with potential to extend
Pay Rate: $21 per hour
Business Hours: Monday to Friday (Hybrid)

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide a broad range of operational support and performs general to specialized transactions and/or other processing activities for own Operations and Business Services function. May contribute to analysis/reporting on critical projects or special initiatives that strengthen our operating model/processes and elevate service quality.
• Execute transactions accurately, on time and in line with established guidelines/procedures while adhering to formal or informal Service Level Agreement(s) (SLAs).
• Refer or escalate processing or operational issues as needed based on a solid understanding of the issue, connecting with the appropriate function/partner to facilitate resolution and ensure that service quality is maintained.
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery.
• Support partners with incoming transactions, validating information as needed to perform adjustments within authority levels.
• Interact with partners by responding to requests in an effective and timely manner.
• Prioritize and manage own workload to meet Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements for service and productivity.
• Understand internal and industry regulations and trends, remain informed of emerging issues, and apply appropriate due diligence in adherence with operating policies/procedures.
• Consistently exercise discretion in managing correspondence, information, and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate.
• Support the timely and accurate completion of business processes.
• Actively review internal processes/activities and provide ideas for process improvement.
• Investigate and escalate non-standard or high-risk activities as appropriate.
• Adhere to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to operations activities for own area (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Business Continuity Management).

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

• Admin experience
• Tech savvy
• Data entry experience
• MS Office Suite experience
• Ability to work independently

• Provide a broad range of operational support and performs general to specialized transactions and/or other processing activities for own Operations and Business Services function. May contribute to analysis/reporting on critical projects or special initiatives that strengthen our operating model/processes and elevate service quality.
• Execute transactions accurately, on time and in line with established guidelines/procedures while adhering to formal or informal Service Level Agreement(s) (SLAs).
• Refer or escalate processing or operational issues as needed based on a solid understanding of the issue, connecting with the appropriate function/partner to facilitate resolution and ensure that service quality is maintained.
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery.
• Support partners with incoming transactions, validating information as needed to perform adjustments within authority levels.
• Interact with partners by responding to requests in an effective and timely manner.
• Prioritize and manage own workload to meet Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements for service and productivity.
• Understand internal and industry regulations and trends, remain informed of emerging issues, and apply appropriate due diligence in adherence with operating policies/procedures.
• Consistently exercise discretion in managing correspondence, information, and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate.
• Support the timely and accurate completion of business processes.
• Actively review internal processes/activities and provide ideas for process improvement.
• Investigate and escalate non-standard or high-risk activities as appropriate.
• Adhere to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to operations activities for own area (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Business Continuity Management)