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Hi guys,
I worked as a teller at TD for about 2.5 years before accepting a job as a Financial Services Representative. A few months into the role, they started a program that changed my title from FSR to Personal Banking Associate. Now my duties pretty much remained unchanged except for one thing, I wasn't going to be selling mutual funds. I did give my Investment Funds in Canada exam and passed, but never actually received my license but my duties did include all of these (taken from the NOC website):
Employment requirements
Hi guys,
I worked as a teller at TD for about 2.5 years before accepting a job as a Financial Services Representative. A few months into the role, they started a program that changed my title from FSR to Personal Banking Associate. Now my duties pretty much remained unchanged except for one thing, I wasn't going to be selling mutual funds. I did give my Investment Funds in Canada exam and passed, but never actually received my license but my duties did include all of these (taken from the NOC website):
- Open new personal and non-personal accounts, and provide access to automated banking machine, telephone banking and online banking services
- Interview applicants for personal, mortgage, student and business loans
- Promote the sale of deposit, investment (I was ONLY doing GICs, not mutual funds) credit and loan products and services
- Assist clients by proposing solutions to address financial objectives such as business expansion, debt management, investment and other financial goals
- Research and evaluate loan applicant's financial status, references, credit and ability to repay the loan
- Complete credit and loan documentation
- Submit credit and loan applications to branch or credit manager with recommendations for approval or rejection; or approve or reject applications within authorized limits ensuring that credit standards of the institution are respected
- Prepare statements on delinquent accounts and forward irreconcilable accounts for collector action
- Review and update credit and loan files
- Act as joint custodian for cash and securities. -- DON'T know what this one truly means..?
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school and extensive general banking experience is usually required.
- A bachelor's degree or college diploma related to commerce or economics may be required.
- A mutual funds licence is usually required. - THIS is what worries me, I did give my exam but never got my license
- Registration with the securities regulatory authority in the province or territory of employment is usually required. - Didn't do this either, cuz wasn't selling mutual funds.
- Completion of a loan or credit training program, ranging from six to twelve months, is usually required.
- Various training programs and courses are offered by the Institute of Canadian Bankers and may be required by employers.
- Financial services officers who sell regulated financial products and investments are required to be licensed by the appropriate governing body.
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