About this role
ADP is hiring a Client Service Manager I. This position is hybrid, working in the office 3 days per week, and from home 2 days per week.
In this position you will be responsible for developing and maintaining effective relationships with ADP clients and is the direct client contact for retirement plan services.
- The Client Service Manager is responsible for:
- Communicating with clients regarding service delivery, providing assistance on day-to-day retirement plan administration, troubleshooting plan issues, and discussing the impact of select legislative requirements.
- Ensuring the delivery of optimal service, client satisfaction and client retention.
- Acting as the primary contact for retirement plans regarding day to day record keeping matters and provides prompt customer service.
- Proactively communicating regularly with the client to evaluate and ensure delivery of optimal service, client satisfaction and client retention.
- Maintaining accurate records of all calls, emails, correspondence and client visits in the ADP client relationship management system.
- Continually developing and maintaining product, industry and systems knowledge and skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Proactively discuss and/or support products and services, and plan design with plan sponsors. Assist clients with requests for plan changes and ensure the necessary project plans are followed through to completion.
- Alerts management and other appropriate parties (ie. legal, financial advisor, alliance manger, other ADP business units, etc.) of critical client issues where appropriate.
- Maintain a basic understanding of the types of investments in each retirement plan and be a LIASON for client questions.
- Assess, recommend and/or create custom client and participant Education Program(S) and schedule participant education workshops with the plan sponsor.
- Request employee education workshops and literature.
- Conduct and/or support in-person Annual Plan Reviews for all plans with assets greater than $10m.
- Conduct and/or support Annual Plan Reviews via conference call for plans under $10M or in person as necessary.
- Assist Sales in pre-sales meetings by attending in-person or via conference call as necessary.
- Communicate and/or support compliance testing results and recommend options to improve results (if necessary).
- Monitor plan documents for adherence to applicable rules and regulations.
- Assist and/or support clients in complying with year end requirements such as minimum distribution requirements, forfeiture reallocation, 5500 preparation and Audit Package preparation and reconciliation.
- Monitor profitability of clients and recommend appropriate revenue generating products and services.
- Proactively seek out and/or support additional revenue opportunities such as M-A activity or payroll additions.
- Provides mentoring - constructive feedback to new associates on a consistent basis.
- Effectively handles escalated calls.
- Assists in phone monitoring duties.
- Proactively assists with critical clients.
- Coordinates and peer reviews plan changes and acquisitions.
- Keeps management abreast of any trends visible through all client interactions, operational data and clarify cases.
- Takes part in disaster recovery testing and provides feedback on system enhancements
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Up to 1 Year of Directly Related Experience
- Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in education and experience
Qualifications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:Preference will be given to candidates who have the following:
- ASPPA QKA PREFERRED
- Experience in a client service environment required.
- ADP payroll and 401(k) experience is preferred.
- Demonstrates strong oral/written communication skills.
- Demonstrates strong listening skills.
- Utilizes tools to support daily functions such as Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)
- Demonstrates ability to learn other proprietary system tools (Omni Plus, Power Image, and Clarify).
- Proficiency in using payroll and recordkeeping systems
- Ability to learn quickly, function in a fast paced environment, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven relationship-building skills.
- Strong time-managment, organization and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrates strong presentation skills.
- Ability to coordinate and take the lead on conference calls.
- Ability to gauge client satisfaction through scheduled surrey's, client visits and day-to-day interaction.
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