Client Relationship Specialist

The Opportunity:

Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, we are committed to helping our institutional, corporate, and individual clients achieve their objectives. We are proud of Mesirow’s culture of fostering team member engagement, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Our positive culture, volunteerism, and opportunity for advancement makes Mesirow one of the few employers to be included in both Chicago Tribune’s Top Places to Work and Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago.

Our advisors provide investment and fiduciary services to individuals, families, corporations, and non-profit organizations. With over $6.8B in assets under management, we have earned a reputation for effectively managing our clients’ needs and goals. Wealth Management has been Mesirow’s flagship business for over 80 years, built around our trusted advisors, with an average tenure of over 20 years.

We are seeking a highly motivated Client Relationship Specialist to work out of our Highland Park office to provide high-touch client service and dedicated operational support to a team of highly motivated Financial Advisors and their High-Net-Worth individual clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Client onboarding, including preparation of new account paperwork and client information-gathering
  • Account maintenance, including any account registration and account profile changes
  • Asset movement processing, including journals, wire transfers and EFTs
  • Assist with quarterly billing and performance reporting
  • Client issue resolution
  • Gathering tax information for clients and assisting with tax reporting
  • Relationship management, including regular client contact
  • General administrative functions, including but not limited to:
    • Maintaining information in the Client Relationship Management System
    • Exception report review
    • Preparation of miscellaneous paperwork, such as letters of authorization, check-writing applications, operational documents, etc.
  • Communicating with supervisors regarding compliance matters and miscellaneous regulatory inquiries
  • Trade execution and trade error resolution, as may be applicable and required

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