Bilingual Investment Services Representative, RBC Direct Investing

What is the opportunity?

If you possess a client-focused mindset and have the ability to identify client centric solutions, this role gives you a great opportunity to grow with the RBC Direct Investing Contact Centre team. As an Investment Services Representative, you provide clients with helpful and engaging, professional, efficient, and knowledgeable service over the phone or through electronic communications. You are diligent with an attention to detail and maximize productivity on an individual and team level. Effective problem resolution, exceptional client service and expert securities knowledge is crucial to your success in this role, along with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment.

This is a full-time and shift oriented role with an opportunity to potentially work from home and/or at the contact centre.  Candidates must live within a one-hour commutable distance from a Centre or Hub as listed in the locations.

Business hours are Sunday 6:00pm EST through to Friday 8:00pm EST (the business is open overnights throughout this period); Saturday 9:00am to 6:00pm EST.  Candidate must remain flexible to work a variety of shifts within these business hours.
 

What will you do?

• Proactively uncover opportunities to match customer needs through effective communication and probing skills to help guide clients to available products and services offered by Direct Investing
• Work within specified performance metrics for all client communications (verbal or written)
• Uphold a professional image of RBC and RBC Direct Investing Inc. at all times
• Actively promote the capability and functionality of the RBC Direct Investing website and mobile capabilities, proactively identifying self-service opportunities for clients
• Provide helpful and engaging, knowledgeable, accurate, responsive, and professional services to clients, including prompt and courteous completion of trade instructions via telephone, or electronic means, all within regulatory requirements and guidelines
• Understand and apply industry rules and regulations (e.g. IIROC, Provincial, etc.), as well as RBC Enterprise and RBC Direct Investing Inc. policies and procedures to all activities performed
• Accurately execute client instructions within defined authorities and ensure clients have the means to meet trade settlement obligations

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Ability to work independently with proven time management, organizational, problem-solving skills and the ability to multi task
• University or College degree/diploma or a minimum of 1 year of relevant business experience in a client service role, driven to help meet clients’ needs
• Strong English communication (verbal, written, and transcription), analytical /organizational and time management skills, along with an attention to detail
• Exceptional customer service skills and, friendly and professional telephone skills
• Requires fluency in French and English to serve our clients in the community with English speaking needs
•  Completion of the following required courses will be a requirement of the job:
  • Completion and maintenance of standing (per regulatory requirements) for the following required courses or must be completed as per the timelines below:
    • Canadian Securities Course (CSC) 1 must be completed within 7 weeks of the start date
    • Canadian Securities Course (CSC) 2 must be completed within 15 weeks of the start date
    • OR
    • Completion and maintenance of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification level 1 or any higher levels of the CFA program
    • AND
    • Conduct Practices Handbook (CPH) must be completed within 22 weeks of the start date
    • Derivative Fundamentals and Options Licensing Course (DFOL) must be completed within 44 weeks of the start date 

Nice-to-have

• Prior completion and maintenance of standing (per regulatory requirements) with the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) or CFA level 1, Conduct Practices Handbook (CPH) & Derivative Fundamentals and Options Licensing Course (DFOL)
• Fluency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted information to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact on our clients
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team 
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work and take on progressively greater accountabilities

RBC is committed to supporting flexible work arrangements when and where available conditional on employees being able to meet with the technological and confidentiality requirements of the role (i.e., private, and quiet space, Internet connectivity, etc.) Details to be discussed with Hiring Manager.

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