Customer Relationship Officer, North

About the Role

• Manages banking relationships with 650 families within the geographic area of control by offering a full range of banking services.
• Directly responsible to acquire new customers for Group Lending (GL) business and servicing existing customers.
• Upsell loans to eligible customers and their family members based on their requirements and repayment capacity.
• Offer and onboard Savings Accounts and other deposit products to customers, their family members, and referrals.
• Deliver prompt customer services; be accessible to customers at all times for GL, IL, and Family Banking queries.
• Generate quality leads for cross-selling third-party products offered by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
• Provide timely loans for eligible repeat and top-up customers.
• Adherence to defined processes and circulars.

Key Responsibilities

Business/Financials

• Meet set targets on Group Loans (GL) in terms of open market acquisition and repeat GL loans.
• Convert GL customers, family members, and referrals for Family Banking by opening Savings Accounts and maintaining minimum balances.
• Actively source term deposits (FD and RD) from family members of GL customers.
• Offer suitable Insurance products to customers and family members to provide adequate insurance coverage.
• Identify, process, and refer GL customers who can be potentially given Individual loans (unsecured/secured).
• Share customer insights/product-related feedback with the ACRM.
• Ensure customers and family members are educated about the entire bouquet of banking products (Loans – GL, IL, Secured, Deposits & Insurance) offered by Ujjivan.
• Interact with customers in a courteous and professional manner; provide prompt, efficient, and accurate services.
• Ensure timely insurance claim settlement for customers.
• Resolve customer queries pertaining to GL, IL, & Family Banking within specified timelines.

Customer

• Ensure customers and Family members are educated about the entire bouquet of banking products (Loans – GL, IL, Secured, Deposits & Insurance) offered by Ujjivan.
• Interact with customers in a courteous and professional manner; provide prompt, efficient, and accurate services.
• Ensure timely insurance claim settlement for his/her customers.
• Resolve customer queries pertaining to GL, IL & Family Banking within specified timelines.

Internal Process

• Identify and conduct surveys of new working areas for group formation and conducts projection meetings for GL and Family Banking.
• Group Loans: Fill customer profile forms, Loan Application form with accuracy and collects supporting documents for account opening in strict adherence to KYC norms, followed by a Compulsory Group Training (CGTs).
• Individual loans (for certified CROs): Analyze existing customer profile and repayment capacity, fill customer profile forms, Loan Application form with accuracy and collects supporting documents for account opening in strict adherence to KYC norms.
• Coordinate with customers in the disbursement process.
• Conduct Center Meetings as per schedule without fail and ensure timely repayments, collection of deposits for savings accounts/fixed deposit, updates all transactions on True-Cell, an interface to track monetary transactions.
• Open savings accounts for Customer and their Family members in Ujjivan.
• Help to conduct CSR activities and motivates customers to participate in the Financial Literacy Program.
• Give detailed field reports to ACRM and discuss field-related issues.
• Adherence to defined processes and circulars.

Learning & Innovation

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GL, IL, and Family Banking products and services as well as a working knowledge of other products offered in the branch.
• Ensure adherence to training man-days/mandatory training programs for self.
• Ensure goal setting, mid-year review, and performance appraisal processes are completed within specified timelines.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic Computer knowledge (MS Office, Outlook) / Ease of technology usage.
• True-Cell for tracking monetary transactions.

Qualifications

• Graduate.

Experience

• 0-1 year experience for Graduates.
• Field Experience preferably in product sales, banking, or collection.

Skills & Competencies

Functional Skills

• Knowledge on unsecured products.
• Basic Computer knowledge (MS Office, Outlook) / Ease of technology usage.
• Fluent in local languages and has a working knowledge of English.

Behavioral Skills

• Product selling skills.
• Willingness to travel & relocation as per business requirements and career opportunities.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interface (orally and in writing) with all levels of associates and customers.
• Ability to manage teams and drive performance.
• Training skills.

Competencies Required

• Building Relationship.
• Driving Change.
• Planning & Organizing.
• Collaboration.