American Trust & Custody, recently integrated as part of Ascensus, focuses on state-of-the-art trading and custodial reporting of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, managed accounts, unitized funds, equities, collectives, and self-directed brokerage accounts, integrate directly into clients' recordkeeping or trust accounting systems, allowing fully electronic processing, settlement, and reporting of trades and transactions.
The Tax Season Temp's responsibilities include answering incoming phone calls from clients with questions on their tax forms and logging returned form in excel. The Tax Season Temp facilitates the efficient operations of the Custody Asset Management and Control department.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Answer phone calls from clients, and participants as needed
• Maintain accounting controls by following corporate policies and procedures, including privacy policies
• Respond to and resolve client inquiries timely
• Work to get all phone calls answered and log returned forms on schedule
• Interact with other internal departments
• Assists Custody Asset Management and Control team with preparing and mailing tax forms as needed.
• Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Advanced Excel or Macro skills a plus.
• Organizational, verbal, and written communication skills a must.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work efficiently while preserving accuracy; attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, and be an energetic self-starter.
• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction.
• Ability to listen, communicate (written and verbal), excellent grammar, spelling and proof-reading skills and follow-up effectively with internal staff and clients/customers.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Professional experience working with confidential and sensitive information
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For all virtual remote positions, in order to ensure associates can effectively perform their job duties with no distractions, we require an uninterrupted virtual work space and there is also an expectation of family care being in place during business hours. Additionally, there is an internet work speed requirement of 25 MBps or better for individual use. If more than one person is utilizing the same internet connection in the same household or building, then a stronger connection is required. If you are unsure of your internet speed, please check with your service provider. Note: For call center roles specifically, it is a requirement to either hardwire your equipment directly to the internet router or ensure your workstation is in close proximity to the router. Please ensure that you are able to meet these expectations before applying. No associate is permitted to work at a location outside the United States for any length of time, except for approved business travel on a limited basis. Exempt Associates traveling outside the United States on personal travel or while on PTO may work on a limited basis (e.g., occasionally checking and responding to business-critical emails or dialing into business-critical meetings) from their personal devices but not from a company-provided computer.
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