Team Manager
Toronto, Canada Area
• Leader of two teams within processing department of senior staff – Operations Processing Specialist Team and Transfer Agency Processing (TAP) HUB.• Operations Processing Specialist Team is responsible for specialized trade requests, net settlement reconciliation between fund companies, FundServ trades, redemption cheque reconciliation, bankruptcies, and CRA requirement to pay notices• TAP HUB Team is composed of most experienced processing staff, supporting client services department with escalated issues, training, mentoring, and identification of knowledge gaps within teams and serves as pipeline for future leaders• Development of new TAP HUB team, manager since its inception – setting expectations and targets for team, building processes and reports, and working with internal clients to ensure service delivered meets needs • Management of ‘Voice of the Customer’ cases within Fidelity, making direct contact with advisors and clients to discuss and provide feedback on compliments, complaints, and ideas submitted to improve our brand• Creation and implementation of enhancements to improve system functionality, providing our IT and project development teams requirements, coordination of user testing with processors, and change management for department during implementation• Monthly one-on-one coaching with staff on teams to review and coach processing errors, improve metrics to meet and exceed department targets, and support team members with career development•Creation of tools to support coaching with team members, creating visual maps of processing data to help identify trends and patterns with staff during coaching, leading to more effective and meaningful communication of data• Management of staff both in person and remote, adapting management and coaching style to meet individual personalities and circumstances• Other managerial duties include interviewing (internal and external), performance reviews, and cross training of staff