Associate Platform Services Specialist (Envestnet)

A Platform Consultant serves as a subject matter expert and independent contributor, responsible for delivering consulting engagements, developing educational content, and driving platform adoption across advisors and internal teams. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and plays a key role in translating platform capabilities into practical, advisor-facing solutions.

The Platform Consultant contributes in the following ways:

• Develop intermediate to advanced platform expertise and apply it to advisor engagements
• Independently deliver consulting, training, and webinars
• Create and maintain educational content and enablement materials
• Collaborate across departments and act as a liaison between teams

• Support adoption initiatives and improve platform utilization and outcomes

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  Platform Knowledge Excellence

• Develop and maintain strong proficiency in Envestnet or My Advice Architect (MAA), including both core functionality and advanced features
• Understand key business workflows for advisory-based business and how to optimize them within MAA
• Analyze platform usage trends and identify opportunities to improve advisor efficiency and adoption
• Investigate and help resolve MAA platform issues, identifying root causes and recommending solutions

• Partner with platform vendors and internal teams to relay feedback, track defects, and support enhancements

  Platform Content Excellence

• Create and deliver webinars, training sessions, and educational content for the MAA platform
• Develop new training programs and webinar presentations aligned to advisor needs
• Review and improve existing content for accuracy, completeness, and usability
• Align content with best practices, business workflows, and adoption goals

• Collaborate with internal teams (Training, Marketing, Compliance, Service) to develop and distribute content

  Consulting & Advisor Engagement

• Conduct 1:1 consults with advisors on fundamental and intermediate MAA  topics
• Deliver channel trainings, webinars, and conference sessions to support adoption
• Assess advisor usage and recommend improvements to increase productivity and satisfaction
• Document advisor engagements accurately in Salesforce CRM

• Contribute to development of consulting frameworks, assessments, and delivery materials

  Change Management & Project Execution

• Take ownership of assigned projects and initiatives, ensuring timely and high-quality completion
• Participate in platform roadmap discussions, release readiness, and adoption efforts
• Support rollout of MAA enhancements through training, communications, and collateral

• Act as a liaison across departments to coordinate efforts and ensure alignment

  What you need to have:

• 3–5 years of experience in financial services technology, consulting, or platform-related roles
• 1-2 years of hands-on usage of the MAA (Envestnet) platform
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative
• Understanding of key MAA workflows (model building, proposal creation, account servicing, trading and reporting)
• Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work consistently
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work across teams
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities

• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current on platform capabilities

  Compensation: The base salary range for this role in Dallas, TX is $70,000 - $95,000 plus a competitive performance-based bonus. Base salary depends on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and location. Salary range may also differ significantly due to geography and cost of labor considerations.    

About Us

What we give you in return:

Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life. We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:

• Inclusive health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
• Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
• 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
• 401(k) savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
• Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and fostering.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
• Paid caregiver leave to provide time away from work when caring for an ill or recovering family member.
• Additional benefits such as an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), identity theft protection (LifeLock), pet insurance, and other voluntary benefits to provide extra peace of mind

About Cetera

Cetera Financial Group® (Cetera) is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers and registered investment advisers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families, and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.

Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.

Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a network of independent retail firms, including those that are members of FINRA/SIPC: Cetera Advisors LLC; Cetera Wealth Services, LLC (formerly known as Cetera Advisor Networks); Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions or Cetera Investors); and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC. Entities registered as investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission include Cetera Investment Management LLC and Cetera Investment Advisers LLC. Cetera's principal office is located at 655 W. Broadway, 11th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101. Avantax Planning Partners, Inc. is an SEC registered investment adviser within the Aretec Group, Inc. (dba Cetera Holdings, an affiliate of Cetera). All the referenced entities are under common ownership.

Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.

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