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Amy Ellis

Wirlinga,NSW

Summary

Knowledgeable and dedicated customer service professional with extensive experience in financial planning industry. Solid team player with outgoing, positive demeanor and proven skills in establishing rapport with clients. Motivated to maintain customer satisfaction and contribute to company success. Specialize in quality, speed and process optimization. Articulate, energetic and results-oriented with exemplary passion for developing relationships, cultivating partnerships and growing businesses.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Client Services Officer/Process Manager

FM Financial Pty Ltd
10.2018 - Current

Senior Client Service Officer

  • Providing direct assistance to adviser to identify strategic recommendations for new and existing clients
  • Preparing SOA requests for external plan writers, including fielding queries and reviewing documents.
  • Preparing and writing comprehensive file notes and ROAs post reviews
  • Financial Modeling using Xplan, as well as tailored excel projections and graphs, when required.
  • Lodgement of advice, including but not limited too, new applications for products, switches and rebalance, insurance applications, share trading and recontribution strategies
  • Managing all Annual Advice Agreements, coordinating review scheduling to ensure all agreements are met and fulfilled in the required timeframes. Preparing extensive financial reporting to management team.
  • Client service officer for 80+ clients. Assisting with adhoc queries, transactions and overall relationship knowing they have someone to speak to other than the adviser.
  • Updating records and applying for new payments on behalf of clients with Centrelink.
  • General Administration Duties, including filing, scanning, answering phones.
  • Preparing client files for regular audits by the licensee. Liaising with auditor on behalf of the adviser and implementing any changes to processes and documents following audit.

Process Manager

  • Reviewing processes to ensure they remain efficient and compliant.
  • Led a team to build and implement a tailored built CRM across the business. Including management of data entry, building workflow threads and task structures as well as deal directly with outsourced website contractors.
  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive review process across the business. Making sure the process was compliant but also time efficient.
  • Creating and maintain compliance documents and resources for the entire business, including FSCG, Fact Find templates and working papers.

Casual/Part Time - Administration

Be Coyote
10.2017 - 10.2018
  • Direct contact for customer enquires from website
  • Collating all order information and documentation
  • Liaising with and monitoring packing team
  • Accounts payable
  • Assistance with inventory
  • Producing marketing material including social media advertising.

Temporary Administration/Reception

Weatherly Bartram Lawyers
01.2015 - 06.2016
  • Worked for them on and off during 2015 and 2016, on an on-call basis, helping out during busy periods and holiday leave.
  • General Administration Duties, including filing, scanning, answering phones
  • Completing precedents for Wills and Powers of Attorneys
  • Assisting legal secretaries with Conveyancing documents and procedures.

Temporary Administration

Majak Services
01.2016 - 06.2016
  • General Administration Duties, including filing, scanning, answering phones.

Full Time - Paraplanner

BMG Partners
07.2013 - 06.2014
  • General Administration Duties, including filing, scanning, answering phones, mail & banking
  • Assisting with reception cover when required
  • Assisting Financial Adviser in all client meetings, including complying file notes
  • Paraplanning including preparing financial strategies and Statements of Advice for clients
  • Attending to client queries
  • Assist in the effective running of the day to day operations of the financial planning department which includes administration, sales and marketing support, compliance and prudential standards
  • Use of financial planning software XPLAN to complete client strategies and client database management.

Paraplanner/Compliance & Operations Officer

Findex - Formally Known As Crowe Horwath
04.2007 - 07.2013
  • General Administration Duties, including filing, scanning, answering phones
  • Managing all ongoing and upfront billing including financial reporting to management team
  • Assistance with reception/switch board cover when required
  • Paraplanning including preparing financial strategies and Statements of Advice for clients
  • Attending to client queries
  • Key contact for internal staff, including dealing with daily queries from accountants and senior management
  • Assist in the effective running of the day to day operations of the financial planning department which includes administration, sales and marketing support, compliance and prudential standards
  • Coordinating and training trainee staff
  • Completing comprehensive investment paperwork and trading directly on the ASX.

Education

Certificate 3 - Business -

MP Personnel
Traineeship
12.2007

VCE Certificate -

Wodonga Senior Secondary College
11.2006

Skills

  • Microsoft Office – Advanced User
  • Financial Planning CRM– Xplan & Salesforce
  • Xero – Intermediate User
  • Training and development
  • Quality assurance
  • Multitasking capabilities
  • Customer service orientation
  • Organizational skills
  • Data analysis
  • Attention to detail
  • Product knowledge
  • Excellent communication
  • Project management
  • Process improvement
  • Problem-solving abilities

References

  • Upon request

Timeline

Senior Client Services Officer/Process Manager

FM Financial Pty Ltd
10.2018 - Current

Casual/Part Time - Administration

Be Coyote
10.2017 - 10.2018

Temporary Administration

Majak Services
01.2016 - 06.2016

Temporary Administration/Reception

Weatherly Bartram Lawyers
01.2015 - 06.2016

Full Time - Paraplanner

BMG Partners
07.2013 - 06.2014

Paraplanner/Compliance & Operations Officer

Findex - Formally Known As Crowe Horwath
04.2007 - 07.2013

Certificate 3 - Business -

MP Personnel

VCE Certificate -

Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Amy Ellis