Client Onboarding Coordinator

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**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

**The Opportunity**

Are you looking for an opportunity to get a 360-degree understanding of the Retirement Plan Services (RPS) business? Do you consider yourself a master relationship manager? Are you able to handle many things at the same time? If this interests you, then we want to meet you

The role of the **Client Onboarding **Coordinator **is to provide our **John Hancock **401k retirement clients **and third-party business partners with a superior service experience while setting up their new contract in an accurate and efficient manner. Your ability to build strong relationships, and make a strong first impression with our clients, will create a lifetime of loyalty. This is an opportunity to join a fast paced, dynamic team and to develop your project management skills.

**Responsibilities**
- Build and maintain new relationships throughout the entire post-sale, new business process by leading multiple parties through the process, setting expectations and effectively responding to questions, issues and problems, following up on outstanding items.
- Ability to handle a full caseload of mostly smaller asset clients with varying complexities
- Identify, analyze, design and quarterback implementation in a time sensitive environment.
- Effectively manage the implementation during the onboarding cycle while partnering with both client and internal/external team members.
- Negotiate with external parties and other internal John Hancock Financial departments to minimize financial exposure.
- Facilitate/quarterback the receipt of all required documentation while enforcing John Hancock ‘s Underwriting Guidelines to ensure all forms are received and completed in compliance with federal and state legislation.
- Provide oversight and ownership of the processing of large financial transactions which may also include non-standard and/or specially priced arrangements, to ensure proper pricing and setup of the contract
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, identify trends and patterns of new case submissions and escalate issues to management thereby contributing to departmental goals and initiatives.
- Identify the developmental needs of the department as well as contribute to the work systems improvement of the department by identifying barriers and providing input on solutions.
- Issue the client contract in accordance with the plan specifications and federal & state legislation while identifying contracts that may require amendment packages due to legislative changes or product enhancements.
- Build solid partnerships with internal and external partners, through varying sales cycles and tight timelines.

**How will you create impact?**

Reporting to the Manager, North American Retirement, you will be part of the John Hancock’s (Manulife's US Division) Retirement Plan Services (RPS) National Conversion Center on boards a high volume of small to medium size 401(k) pension plans onto John Hancock's Signature platform.

**What motivates you?**
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage, and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
- You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

**What we are looking for**
- Post-secondary education or equivalent work experience.
- Previous experience in the financial services industry.
- Knowledge of pension/investment business is an asset.
- Strong negotiation, relationship management and organizational skills.
- A mathematical aptitude is helpful.
- 401k knowledge or certification is an asset.
- Ability to manage competing prioritizes and continuously deliver on expectations.
- Take ownership for escalated issues generated by assigned caseload and/or team and inform appropriate parties as required.
- Ability to judge and decide what requires immediate attention and action with a sense of urgency to bring about the desired result.
- Proven negotiation and problem-solving skills with the ability to recognize implications of issues and solutions.
- Demonstrated strength in obtaining or providing information in situations which require tact, diplomacy or persuasion and dealing with frustrated or uncooperative clients and/or k