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At Community Financial System, Inc. (CFSI), we are dedicated to providing our customers with friendly, personalized, high-quality financial services and products. Our retail division, Community Bank, N.A., operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Beyond retail banking, we also offer commercial banking, wealth management, investment management, insurance and risk management, and benefit plan administration.

Just as our employees are committed to helping our customers manage their finances, we're committed to our employees. After all, they make it happen for our customers every day.

To ensure our people can enjoy long and successful careers here at CFSI, we offer competitive compensation, great benefits, and professional development and advancement opportunities. As an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer, we celebrate and support a diverse workplace for the benefit of all: our employees, customers, and communities.

As an integral member of the ClearPoint Trust Department, this position is mainly responsible for providing support for trust and investment services to customers; complying with operating policies and procedures established for the trust administration function; communicating with appropriate personnel; responding to inquiries or requests for information; maintaining appropriate records and providing assigned reports.

Essential Duties:

Provides support to trust officers and other personnel in delivering trust services; these services include the various fiduciary account types, depending on the location of the role.

• Provides quality service to customers, whether internal or external.
• Demonstrates cooperative efforts in working with other departments and within own department.
• Coordinates specific work tasks with other personnel within the department as well as with other units and departments in order to ensure the smooth and efficient flow of information.
• Complies with established operating policies and procedures in order to maintain adequate controls and to support the bank's adherence to outside regulatory requirements.
• Communicate with management and staff in order to integrate goals and activities
• Responds to inquiries relating to a particular area
• Responds to requests from other bank personnel, customers, etc. within the given time frames and within established policies.
• Maintains appropriate records and provides assigned reports.

Completes assigned duties to assist in the administration of fiduciary accounts, including but not limited to:

• Accurately documents and codes trust account transactions, ensuring proper entry and recordkeeping in the relevant systems.
• Reviews various legal documents to assist in setting up accounts.
• Arranges meetings with customers or other interested parties of accounts as necessary.
• This position may assist in the collection, appraisal, safekeeping, disposition, and accounting for all property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the fiduciary agreement under which the bank is appointed and the policies and procedures of the Trust Department.

Maintains an active awareness of changes in legal requirements that may affect the administration of the various types of fiduciary accounts.

Prepares and maintains status records and reports on fiduciary activities; prepares various reports, statements, and forms including tax, regulatory, and other governmental forms as required for review by other trust personnel.

Ancillary Duties:

Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Education/Training:

B.S. or B.A. degree in a related field of study preferred. Specialized trust education and training or legal paraprofessional experience. All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Skills:

Strong attention to detail and proven organizational and analytical skills. Ability to prioritize and work effectively under time constraints. Strong personal computer skills including ability to create, use, and manipulate data on Excel spreadsheets. Proficient reading, writing, grammar, and mathematical skills. Proficient interpersonal relations and communicative skills.

Experience:

Minimum of four (4) years of related business office experience generally required.

Hours: 40 hours/week

Compensation: Commensurate with experience plus potential for annual merit increase. In addition to your competitive salary, you will be rewarded benefits including: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation, Medical, Vision & Dental insurance, 401K with generous match, Pension, Tuition Reimbursement, Banking discounts and the list goes on!

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk or sit. Use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands or arms, and speak and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to focus.

The Company is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
The Company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability. If you have a physical or mental impairment and would like to request an accommodation with respect to the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department.