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Entrust Administration, Inc

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Entrust Administration, Inc, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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About Entrust

The Entrust Group is a pioneer in the world of self-direction. For 40 years, we’ve provided account administration services for self-directed retirement accounts and tax-advantaged plans. As a Self-Directed IRA administrator, Entrust assists clients in purchasing alternative investments with their retirement funds that are typically unavailable through banks and brokerage firms. With an Entrust Self-Directed IRA, clients can develop a more resilient and diversified portfolio by investing in assets such as real estate properties, precious metals, start-ups, private equity, loans and more.

Job Summary

The Admin Associate at The Entrust Group is vital to the inner workings of the company. They are often the first person that not only handles communications with clients, but they are also someone employees often turn to for assistance on everything from mail to supplies. One of the missions of The Entrust Group is to provide clients with personal, professional services and the duties of the Back-Office Associate is essential to this mission.

The Back-Office Associate will open and deliver mail, send outgoing mail, answer calls and emails, maintain and keep track of supplies for the office, and handle vital and sensitive documents in a timely manner. You will be a member of the Administrative Team – a department that interacts with all employees throughout the workday – and report to the Administrative Team Manager.

Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to the following:

Handling incoming mail:

Opening, stamping, and delivering mail to the appropriate staff

If overnight/tracked mail: logging and delivering incoming mail to the appropriate dept/staff

Scanning, naming, and emailing mail to WFH employees/depts

Researching, naming, and forwarding mail to the correct clients

Assisting staff as needed with logging, creating, and sending outgoing overnight mail and regular USPS mail

Stamping and sending outgoing mail

Assisting with maintenance as needed or calling for technical assistance

Answering phone:

Taking calls from clients and prospective clients and transferring them to the dept or employee who will best assist them

Answering questions over the phone about basic information (contact info, receiving of forms, etc)

Listening to voicemails and relaying the message accurately to the necessary staff

Maintaining the E-Fax Inbox:

Naming and sending faxes to the appropriate staff

Upkeep of the faxes that have been handled

Maintaining the break room:

Cleaning the coffee machines, counters, and tables

Refilling supplies as needed

Handle monthly fridge cleans and microwave cleans

Ordering snacks for office every couple of weeks

In mornings, putting out snacks and drinks for employees

Executing supply orders:

Ordering supplies for the office, usually every couple of weeks

Taking special requests and running these requests by manager

Finalizing the order in a timely manner with manager, Accounting Dept, and upper management

Keeping inventory of common supplies and restocking and reordering them as needed

Putting away supplies when they are delivered

Forwarding to Accounting Dept all invoices of orders as soon as they are put in

Assisting satellite offices and WFH employees with supply orders to their homes and offices

Assisting manager with maintaining the Admin Team Inbox:

Replying to and flagging emails from staff, and occasionally clients, in a timely manner as needed

Printing, mailing, and assisting as requested in emails as needed

Assisting manager with maintaining the vault:

Tracking, logging, scanning, and putting away new assets as needed

Tracking, logging, and retrieving requested documents, especially time-sensitive requests as needed

Assisting with special projects as needed

Assisting manager with performing large client mailings:

Creating, printing, logging, and mailing out letters to clients in a timely manner as needed

Titling and placing copies of mailings into our shared drive as needed

Scanning and recordkeeping of a variety of documents:

This may include sending forwarding mail to clients, handling documents with sensitive client information, and/or retrieving documents in a timely manner

Assisting the admin team with back-up coverage and special duties as needed, including event planning, contacting vendors, or building with appropriate requests, changing client contact info when appropriate, helping walk-in clients, maintaining conference room, meetings assistance, and other special projects from team and upper management

Qualifications

Experience in office administration, customer service, or related industries preferred

Excellent communication and business writing skills

Strong critical thinking, information retention, and problem-solving skills

Detail-oriented and a self-starter

Proficient with Microsoft Office and Teams

Proven ability to handle multiple projects and to prioritize workload

Flexible and able to adapt to changing working environment, with a positive attitude while working across departments, with clients, and 3rd party vendors

Deep sense of empathy and ability to communicate across diverse groups while holding to company policies and procedures

Education and Experience

High school degree and/or Associates degree

Skills using 8x8 or other soft-phone programs are a plus

Event planning and supply ordering for 50 or more people

Experience with Salesforce, working knowledge of assigning tasks and/or leads

Experience with mail merges

SendSpace, SendPro, and other Pitney Bowes equipment and platforms

Bilingual skills are a plus, (particularly Spanish)

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Able to stand and walk for a minimum of 3 hours in an eight-hour workday.

Hand use: continuous keyboarding, frequent simple grasping, and occasional fine manipulation

Occasional bending, reaching, and twisting (waist level)