Financial Advisor

Our client is a long standing, locally based financial advisory firm, providing comprehensive planning and investment management services, primarily to women.  What also makes the firm distinct is the forward thinking, practical, and hands-on approach to serving every client in a non-corporate, highly professional and welcoming environment.
This full-time position is perfect for someone looking to further or build a career in financial services without direct sales quotas, and in a non-corporate setting. The firm has added this position to support growth in its client base, requiring a truly solutions and consultative individual to provide personal financial planning, wealth management and portfolio consulting.
Core Responsibilities

• Work directly with current and prospective clients to provide support, advisement, and financial action plans
• Manage and develop an assigned book of client relationships with the highest level of professionalism, sound judgement, and independence
• Proactively work with clients to identify asset and revenue generating opportunities, and execute solutions to support clients’ financial goals
• Resolve complex problems and transactions
• Accept and place client trade orders in brokerage and advisory accounts
• Apply growing expertise in long term care, life insurance, fiduciary responsibility, investment management, and overall financial planning

Additional Opportunities

• We encourage and expect continual training to stay abreast of industry and market trends, and to strengthen your overall financial expertise and ability to elevate the level of client service
• We also welcome someone who would love the opportunity to build and manage small business and retirements plans which require regular servicing and review.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a two-year degree; a bachelor’s preferred
• Series 65 FINRA license preferred
• NYS insurance license (life/accident/health) preferred
• Series 6 or 7 welcomed
• 2 years of direct client experience required
• Working knowledge of MS Office and financial planning software

If you do not have the licensures upon hire, you will be offered training with the requirement of obtaining these credentials.

Qualities and Attributes

• We are looking for someone who is patient, mature, a listener, and solutions driven. Every scenario and individual are different, and it is essential to understand and communicate concepts, and meet people where they are at.
• You should be comfortable applying an intense, hands-on process to ensure that that each client receives comprehensive, focused, and sound advisement

Additional Information

• This is a full time position just outside of the City of Albany in a beautiful, convenient setting. Due to the nature of this role, this is primarily an onsite position, especially in the first six months, in which you will have your own office. 
• The hours are either 9-5 or 8-4
• The base salary for this role is 60k, and offers a retirement plan with company match, health insurance, PTO, professional memberships, and ongoing training opportunities.
• A pre-employment background check will be required

This is an opportunity to be in a highly gratifying, professional career with outstanding leadership and mentorship, please submit your resume to the contact information below.  A cover letter is preferred, but not required.

Alison Johnson
Hudson River Career Resources
alison@hudsonrivercareers.com
 
Hudson River Career Resources and our client are Equal Opportunity employers