Financial Services - Associate Advisor

We are an established wealth management firm located in San Antonio with an extensive 20 year history in the community. We offer investment management, financial planning, and ongoing financial advising services to a select group of retirees, families, business owners, and high net worth individuals. We help our clients to reach their financial and life goals, with an emphasis on providing excellent service. We consider our clients as part of our family.

The Associate Advisor provides support to the advisory team, clients and overall firm by helping to manage client relationships and actively participating in the advanced planning process. As a key member of the service team, you will anticipate needs, resolve problems, and follow through on agreed upon deliverables. You will provide consistent, accurate and timely results with research, meeting preparation, meeting attendance and note-taking, reporting, analysis, as well as input and management of the financial plan.

You will follow the highest standard of business and professional ethics, as well as legal and regulatory requirements. You are an excellent communicator that can grasp others needs and develop remarkable ways to fulfill them. You can move through your work efficiently while recognizing that the detail work in our business is critical. You have enough experience and/or common sense to know that the first answer isn’t always the right one and you are incredibly resourceful and thoughtful in all your interactions. This role is ideal for those who wish to develop client advisory skills under the guidance and mentorship of an experienced advisory team.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining proactive client contact and providing on-going client service
• Engage and support clients through the data collection process
• Organize, analyze, research, review and prepare data for financial planning analysis
• Produce detailed client road maps, presentations and analyses for meetings with clients and prospects using a combination of systems
• Research complex situations, set client expectations, and define the actions to resolve inquiries in a timely manner
• Assist the advisors in the preparation of upcoming client meetings; attend meetings for notetaking and follow up
• Assisting with analysis, rebalancing, and administration of client investment portfolios
• Conducting investment research, reporting, and analysis
• Onboarding of clients in accordance with firm procedures
• Responding to all client communication within our company guidelines
• Identifying opportunities for existing client growth and development, including nurturing family relationships
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience within securities or related industry experience required; preferably in client facing capacity (support roles included)
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in finance, financial planning, or a related field
• SIE, Series 7 and 66 (or combination of 63 & 65) securities license(s) required
• Additional designations are also a plus (FPQP, CFP®, etc.)
• Excellent follow-through and communication
• Editing and writing skills to initiate, compose, format, proofread and carefully edit various professional business documents and correspondence
• Strong time management skills; ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple work assignments and deadlines efficiently despite frequent interruptions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate in a pleasant, tactful and effective manner (both orally and in writing), and to handle difficult, sensitive issues
• Ability to analyze situations, define problems and/or objectives, identify relevant factors, formulate logical conclusions and suggest alternative solutions
• Able to work independently with limited direct supervision
• CRM Software experience required; Salesforce knowledge highly preferred
• Industry-specific software/platform experience preferred; LPL, Schwab
• General knowledge of Financial Planning Software
• Advanced Technology Skills and use of MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)