Financial Advisor | Hiring Immediately, Training Included

Be your own boss, bet on yourself and build a business with the support of a world-class company - is now the time?

Empower Your Community. Build Generational Wealth. Become a Financial Advisor

As a Financial Advisor, you will have the unique opportunity to build a business that not only provides financial security for you and your family but also helps your clients and community achieve their long-term financial goals through comprehensive financial planning

You will:

• Empower Individuals & Families – Guide your clients toward financial security by creating personalized, holistic financial plans.
• Build Wealth for Generations – Help clients protect their income, grow their investments, and plan for retirement with strategies designed to close the racial wealth gap.
• Expand Your Network – Establish meaningful connections in your community, develop a strong referral base, and provide exceptional client experiences.
• Grow Your Own Business – As an entrepreneur, you will have the flexibility to build a business that aligns with your personal vision and financial aspirations.

At Northwestern Mutual, we provide award-winning training and mentorship to equip you with the skills, education, and certifications needed to thrive in financial services. You will begin as a Financial Representative, focusing on building relationships and obtaining necessary licenses, with the potential to advance and grow your practice in ways that align with your long-term goals.

With our proprietary financial planning software, you will have the tools to deliver comprehensive solutions that include:

Planning Experience · Asset & Income Protection · Education Funding · Investment & Advisory Services · Trust Services · Retirement Solutions · Business Needs Analysis

Northwestern Mutual’s proprietary planning software helps you educate your clients and deliver holistic financial plans—including investments for growth, insurance for protection, and annuities for guaranteed income in retirement—that helps you have a bigger impact on your clients and community. Becoming a business owner allows you to shape your workday around your life and achieve uncapped earning potential through a performance-based compensation structure.

Why This Opportunity Matters

By becoming a Financial Advisor, you are not just building a career—you are helping families break cycles of financial instability and create generational wealth.

This role offers uncapped earning potential with a performance-based compensation structure, allowing you to achieve financial independence while making a lasting impact in your community.

Take the First Step Toward Closing the Wealth Gap

If you are driven to create financial change, both for yourself and others, this is your opportunity to build a business with purpose. Join Northwestern Mutual and become a leader in financial empowerment.

Let’s build wealth—together. Ready to make an impact? Apply today.

Compensation & Benefits

• Performance-based earnings and revenue1:
• Average advisor annual earnings of $99,038K (based on 2024 firm average for representatives in the first 1-4 years) Additional income structure to support training and early development.
• Renewal income earned for continued client support and policy management.
• Bonus programs and expense allowances
• Support for insurance licensing, Securities Industry Essentials®, Series 6, Series 7, Series 63, and more.
• Certified Financial Planner® licensing support2
• Fully company-funded retirement package and pension plan
• Competitive and comprehensive medical, vision, and dental plans
• Life Insurance and Disability Income Insurance
• Parental benefits at every stage of family planning

You could be right for this opportunity if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• History of success in relationship-building in personal or professional settings
• Excellent time-management skills
• Desire for continuous learning and collaboration
• Proficient critical thinking skills
• Strong communicator
• Strong sense of motivation and drive
• Legal authorization to work in the US without sponsorship.

Why join Northwestern Mutual:

• Top 5 US Independent Broker-Dealers3
• Unsurpassed financial strength with total company assets of $366 billion4
• Fortune 500® company (June 2024)
• Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity (2023)5
• Created a $175 million Impact Investing Fund to support diverse communities and businesses both nationally and locally. To date over 500 jobs have been generated as a result of investments.
• Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality- Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (2023)
• 2024 Training APEX Award winner
• Invested $2.5 million in a Black-led Community Development Financial Institution to support business loans to small businesses.

Individuals are required to have a minimum of three years of service at Northwestern Mutual to qualify for the designation pre-payment and reimbursement program.

* Successful candidates will begin as financial representatives. Financial Representatives are prohibited from using the title “Advisor” until licensures are obtained (including SIE 6 and 63) and Northwestern Mutual specified courses are satisfactorily completed. 1For illustrative purposes only. No level of income is guaranteed. As used here, “revenue” includes exclusively First Year and Renewal Commissions, Bonuses, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company commissions and fees, Strategic Employee Benefits Services commissions, and Expense Allowances. Data uses average revenue from 2018-2023; included revenue was positive and not equal to 0 and earned by full time, active Financial Representatives producing for the entire year each of the years data was used. First year range is $271.73 - $2,923,976.22. Source: Northwestern Mutual, 2024

1No level of income is guaranteed. As used here, “revenue” includes exclusively First Year and Renewal Commissions, Bonuses, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company commissions and fees, Strategic Employee Benefits

Services commissions, and Expense Allowances. Data uses average revenue from 2018-2023; included revenue was positive and not equal to 0 and earned by full time, active Financial Representatives producing for the entire year each of the years data was used. First year range is $271.73 - $2,923,976.22. Source: Northwestern Mutual, 2024

2Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Center for Financial Planning, Inc. owns and licenses the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States to Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., which authorizes individuals who successfully complete the organization’s initial and ongoing certification requirements to use the certification marks.

3Ranking for Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) based on total 2023 AUM, which includes figures that combine NMIS brokerage account activity and AUM with account activity and AUM of investment advisory account of NMIS’s affiliate Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (NMWMC), which are held through NMIS. Source: InvestmentNews, April 2024.

4Among U.S. life insurers. Ratings are for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company, as of the most recent review and report by each rating agency. Ratings as of: 08/24 (Aaa/Highest, Moody’s Investors Service), 08/23 (A /Highest, A.M. Best Company), 07/24 (AAA/Highest, Fitch Ratings), 04/24 (AA /Second Highest, S&P Global Ratings). Ratings are subject to change. Total company assets as of June 30, 2024.

5To determine the best-regarded companies in more than 50 industries, FORTUNE asked executives, directors, and analysts to rate enterprises in their own industry on nine criteria. Details at fortune.com

Northwestern Mutual Financial Representatives are Independent Contractors whose income is based on production. If offered to apply for approval of a contract to become a Northwestern Mutual Financial Representative, a national criminal background check is required. Should the background check results provide information which would not allow someone to work for Northwestern Mutual, approval for contract will be withdrawn.

• Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM) and its subsidiaries, including Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC), Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (Investment Brokerage Services), a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, and member of FINRA and SIPC, and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (Investment Advisory Services), a federal savings bank. NM and its subsidiaries are in Milwaukee, WI.