Associate Financial Planner
About this role
As an Associate Financial Planner, you’ll serve to assist Financial Planners in ensuring client happiness while following all regulatory issues.
Responsibilities:
- Performs financial planning analyses for clients including, but not limited to retirement, investments, estate, tax, education funding, real estate, and risk management needs analysis
- Prepares presentations, research, and supporting materials for client meetings and reviews
- Conducts assessments of clients and prospects’ evolving financial planning needs through proactively taking initiative to uncover new financial planning opportunities
- Provides reports including minimum distributions, performance, billing, insurance policies, and tax consequences
- Calculates required minimum distributions, income needs, tax consequences, and contributions/withdrawals
- Provides high-level contact with clients crafted to maintain and improve the client relationship
- Maintains a proven understanding of the industry, products, and trends
Requirements:
- Minimum 1-3 years of financial services industry experience required, specifically in a broker/dealer or registered investment advisor environment
- FINRA Series 65 Required
- Bachelor’s degree in business or finance; or equivalent proven experience
- Certified Financial Planner designation preferred
- Financial Services & insurance sales experience preferred
- Good understanding of finance and investment markets/securities
- Attention to detail, ability to coordinate work, and follow-up skills are crucial to the successful performance of position responsibilities
- Ability to prioritize and address multiple projects and meet deadlines is crucial
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, and Excel is a must
Edelman Financial Engines takes a market-based approach to pay. The expected base salary range for this role nationally is $104,400 to $121,800, with additional annual bonus of 5% plus an incentive on any net new assets referred. However, final base pay will be carefully determined based on several factors, including responsibilities, job-related skills, relevant experience, geographic location, and market conditions. Additionally, this role may be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health, dental and other wellness plans, and 401(k) contributions.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific benefits eligible for this role during the hiring process.
Company at a glance
For more than 35 years, Edelman Financial Engines has been helping people move their financial lives forward.
Our founders set the tone for our mission – giving individual investors access to sophisticated investment modeling tools that were previously available only to institutional investors, and providing financial planning and wealth management advice with the belief that everyone should have a trusted financial advocate who is always acting in their best interests. Today, we’re one of America’s top independent wealth planning and workplace investment advisory firms, serving more than 1.3 million clients (as of Dec. 2024).
Our unique combination of high-tech and high-touch services helps people wherever they are on their personal financial journey. Through our Wealth Management services, we deliver straightforward wealth planning and investment advice to help individuals and families connect the dots between key parts of their financial life so they can build, grow, protect and preserve their wealth. Through our Employer Services, we work with many of the nation’s leading employers, offering an integrated suite of personalized financial solutions to support employees across their major life events and milestones – from their first paycheck all the way through retirement.
In serving clients from coast to coast, we know that when individuals have better confidence and command over their own financial journey, this can have a positive lasting impact on families, communities, and generations over time. This mission-driven purpose is deeply embedded in our values, our culture, and across all of our teams.
Top Benefits
- Discretionary Bonus
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Wellness Plans
- 401(k) Contributions
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