2025 Spring Campus Recruitment Chicago Branch Associate
Who we are:
Established in 1912, Bank of China is one of the largest banks in the world, with over $3 trillion in assets and a footprint that spans more than 60 countries and regions. Our long-term outlook, institutional weight and global breadth provide our clients with a stable and reliable financial partner, whether in Corporate or Personal Banking or our Trade Services, Commodities, Financial Institutions and Global Markets lines of business.
Job Summary
*To be eligible for campus recruitment program, you can only apply for 1 position within the U.S. Branches.
The candidate might be considered for one of the following roles:
- The incumbent will promote business for the Bank by delivering quality service to current and potential customers. Responsibilities includes but not limit to open account, close account, account maintenance; handle customer inquiry etc. in accordance with the Bank’s policies and regulatory guidelines.
- The job of the Associate is to assist AVP at HR & Administration Team in 1) Providing Supporting office daily operations, including procurement, office maintenance, corporate vehicle management, reception, third party management and physical security program; 2) conducting branch-wide for IT solutions and ad-hoc IT project; 3) Complying the information security and cyber security requirements; 4) performing essential HR administrative and transactional work when needed.
Job Responsibilities
The Associate may be assigned to one or more of the functions below:
Accounts Management & Customer Service
- Perform or peer review for daily customers’ transactions
- Conduct customer due diligence in accordance to bank policies and procedures when opening new accounts
- Review customer profile and related documentations
- Review customer profile new account application and supporting documents for accuracy and inconsistencies
- Distribute all required banking disclosures to new customers
- Prepare documentation for new account, close account and account maintenance requests
- Conduct customer risk rating set up
- Provide high quality customer service – respond and resolve customer inquiries in a timely and professional manner
- Perform account review and report issues to supervisor
- Perform event trigger KYC refresh review
Regulation and Compliance
- Understand, comply with and monitor the activities, if necessary, of all applicable laws and regulations regarding Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, and suspicious activity reporting
- Conduct market research and identify trends in various industries that may have an impact on the Bank
- Assist with the monitoring of targeted clients and report any suspicious activity to the supervisor
Business Administration
- Understand and comply with Policy and Procedure related to CHB administration functions
- Perform essential office maintenance to ensure the daily operation efficiency under supervisor’s instructions
- Lead branch-wide ID management
- Coordinate with Administration owned third party vendors to compliant with the third party vendor management procedure of the Bank
- Develop and update with CHB Security Program. Monitor office security systems, including surveillance system and badge access system
- Implement non-IT fixed assets and systems management in accordance with related procedures
- Prepare the procurement process for office supplies and reconcile invoices against approved payment orders
- Develop monthly major event report
- Maintain corporate vehicles and comply with company’s vehicles management policy
- Work closely with CDO and Chicago Branch for record retention work
- Participate in business receptions
- Assist for expat employee rental management
- Assist to perform blank document management
Information Technology
- Provide hardware and software troubleshooting and solution to Chicago Branch
- Perform hardware and operation system/application management, such as upgrading and record management
- Assist to perform IT fixed asset and durable assets management, in accordance with related procedures. Perform annual IT fixed asset inventory check with Accounting Department
- Coordinate with ad-hoc projects from ADC and the Bank
- Enhance Chicago Branch’s management on information security & cyber security based on the Bank’s requirements
- Perform testing and apply new patch if necessary
HR Operation
- Communication with Branch-wide teams and HRD to update hiring requirements
- Prepare and collect Benefits and Onboarding documents for new hires
- Onboarding new hires
- Review branch-wide attendance information
- Coordinate with NY HRD’s task
- Coordinate with HR trainings
Monitoring and Compliance
- Understand and comply with bank policies, procedures and regulatory requirements
- Keep abreast of regulatory updates by attending trainings, webinars and seminars
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree major in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics and other related disciplines is required; Master’s degree is preferred
- Banking operation and/or related internship experience
- Demonstrate understanding of relationship management, risk management, and due diligence processing
- Bilingual ability in Mandarin (oral and writing) is required