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serena grewal, Financial Services Area Manager

serena grewal

Financial Services Area Manager·Post Office

United Kingdom

Bachelor's degree, Business Economics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 15 years, 8 months

Financial Services Area Manager

April 2016 - Present

Post Office

London, United Kingdom

April 2016 - Present

- Responsible for the compliance, maximising sales and service of a team of mortgage advisers in London for all new mortgages and existing mortgage applications. Also to ensure that the team objectives are met around life, home insurance and credit card sales.
- Managing the business to ensure that it follows the professional competence scheme and any changes to policies and procedures are communicated, understood through follow ups.
- Observations or customer care calls conducted to ensure that all internal procedures and external regulatory requirements are met.
- Taking ownership of complaints and deal with them within the Financial Conduct Authority obligations
- Ensure that all our customers receive an excellent level of customer service at all interactions and all customers are advocates of our business.
- Demonstrating that customers are treated fairly and ensuring that all documentation is clear with no jargon.
- Review mystery shop videos and highlight any risks identified, provide feedback to develop the channel.
- Analyse Management Information and identify trends and plan to improve any negative movements.
- Responsible for training a team of 20 mortgage and financial advisors to become CAS advisers within 6 months.
- Collaborate and develop business with BOI to agree specific products, criteria and appeal cases to ensure we treat customers fairly and achieve our objectives.
- Identify any high risk customers, understanding sanctions and reporting to the risk team any suspicious transactions.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Management

Area Sales Manager

December 2012 - April 2016

Natwest

London, United Kingdom

December 2012 - April 2016

- Managing a team to achieve mortgage application targets
- Review Applications to ensure that they meet FCA standards
- Developed an effective training initiative using online media
- Ambassador of Private Customers Sales evening
- Quality Assurance of documentation and processes
- Simplification of sales and communication processes

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Management

Personal Mortgage advisor

October 2010 - December 2012

Natwest Bank Plc

London, United Kingdom

October 2010 - December 2012

- Assisting valued customers with their mortgage needs
- In depth knowledge of the financial market
- Provide advisory services to ensure upsell of products in line with the FCA
- Highest sales performer within the London Area

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Kingston University

June 2007

June 2007

Bachelor's degree, Business Economics

United Kingdom

Skills

Financial Crime
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Financial Crime
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Financial Risk
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Financial Risk
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Financial Sales
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Financial Sales
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Mortgage
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Mortgage
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Management
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Management
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Mortgage advice
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Mortgage advice
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KPI
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KPI
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Sales
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Sales
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Management
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Management
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Financial Crime
Expert
Financial Crime
Expert
Financial Risk
Expert
Financial Risk
Expert
Financial Sales
Expert
Financial Sales
Expert
Mortgage
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Mortgage
Expert

Languages

English

Native Speaker