Estate Specialist

6 months ago


Vancouver, Canada Vancouver City Savings Credit Union Full time

**About Vancity**

Vancity is a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. A relentless commitment to their values has helped them challenge the status quo and break down barriers since day one in 1946. They have bold commitments to make Vancity net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans and are pursuing strategies on Indigenous banking and to improve the financial resilience of their members.

**About the workplace**

This role will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office. Periodically, you’ll be required to attend in-person activities or events.

As an **Estate Specialist (18-month contract)**, you will be the main point of contact for Vancity members throughout the estate process. Achieve operational excellence by delivering an outstanding member experience while mitigating financial risks by adhering to estate policies. Estates will be processed within an accurate and timely manner with financial advice that meets their needs and retains business within Vancity.

**A typical day would involve**:

- Provide financial and relationship-based advice to process estate accounts, supporting estate representatives with end-to-end service throughout the settlement process. Retention and consolidation of assets and referring business within the MECE network will be key for a positive member experience and to meet business objectives.
- Main point of contact for all estate related processes, preparing documentation and materials in an accurate and timely manner and managing the settlement and closing of each estate file directly with all stakeholders.
- Exercise judgement and discretion while adhering to policies, procedures, and controls to meet compliance requirements and mitigate risk and loss for Vancity and members.
- Identify and assess process improvement or enhancement and participate in the testing of new or enhanced systems through initiatives of the organization.

**You Are**:

- **A Strong Communicator**:

- with an ability to utilize your interpersonal skills to provide highly specialized expertise and advice, address challenges and issues to the Manager, Estate.
- **A Problem Solver
- **and can use your judgement and discretion to make critical decisions within your limits, navigating any exceptions needed during the end-to-end estate process to ensure alignment with policies and regulatory risks.
- **Solutions Oriented**:

- **with an advanced knowledge to assist our members through this difficult time throughout the estate process and provide resources and advice for our Deceased Representatives whenever needed.

**You Have**:

- Post-secondary education or relevant experience gained through working in the industry.

**Bonus points**:

- Certified Financial Planner
- Estate & Trust Administration courses

**We offer**:

- We are the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada.
- Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
- New employees receive between three to four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as their length of service increases. In addition, full-time, permanent staff may be able to purchase extra days of vacation through our flexible benefits package.
- In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons.
- Our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of health care and dental coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
- We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.



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