Financial Planner

Mercer Advisors

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profile Job Location:

Dallas, IA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Why Work at Mercer Advisors

For 40 years Mercer Advisors has worked with families to help them amplify and simplify their financial lives. How By integrating financial planning investment management tax estate insurance and more all managed by a single team. Today we proudly serve over 31300 families in more than 90 cities across the U.S. Ranked the #1 RIA Firm in the nation by Barrons we are an independent national fiduciary legally obligated to always act in the best interest of our clients.*

Mercer Advisors offers a distinct work environment that stands out in the financial industry. Our overall employee base and client-facing team are composed of 50% women reflecting our commitment to diversity. We attract top talent from across the country with no formal headquarters and flexible working arrangements allowing us to assemble the best team possible.

Join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the financial lives of families across the country.

* Mercer Advisors was ranked #1 for RIA firms with up to $70 billion in assets. The Barrons top RIA ranking is based on a combination of metrics including size growth service quality technology succession planning and others. No fee was paid for participation in the ranking however Mercer Advisors has paid a fee to Barrons to use the ranking in marketing. Please see important information about the ranking criteria methodologyhere.

Job Summary:

The Sr. Financial Planner assists the Wealth Manager in reviewing analyzing and delivering financial planning modules to clients. The Financial Planner is an integral team member and will work have a collaborative business approach and will work with team members in the Wealth Management and Sales teams.

Essential Job Functions for the Financial Planner will include:

  • Providing advanced planning support to Wealth Manager and Wealth Management leadership in the areas of investments tax pension estate insurance and general financial planning
  • Supporting in servicing clients by preparing for meetings developing presentation materials and providing reviews and ad hoc reporting
  • Managing the financial planning workflow to support the Wealth Manager and Wealth Management leadership team commitments to clients and meet post client meeting delivery deadlines
  • Establishing and developing strong relationships with clients and participating in client meetings with Wealth Managers
  • Dispensing financial planning advice in both supervised and unsupervised environments
  • Delivering financial planning support that results in increased referrals and high client retention
  • Acting as a trusted advisor through preparation and delivery of advice to clients within the context of the Financial Planners knowledge and training
  • Collaborating with other team members and departments including Investments and Family Wealth Services (FWS)
  • Providing support and training to Wealth management service team and Associate Financial Planners
  • Ensuring adherence to company standards of client care meetings referrals and retention

Requirements:

Education:

Bachelors degree from an accredited institution (preferably Business Economics Accounting or Finance related)

Experience:

Five plus years of advanced planning experience including client facing experiences

Certifications:

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation

Job Skills:

Advanced knowledge of the industry

Knowledge of job skills as a Client Service Specialist if internal employee

Excellent Client Focus

Continually seeks to enhance job knowledge; striving to expand skillset in the Wealth Advisor career path

Proficiency with MS Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook; experience with Salesforce and financial planning software preferred

Technical and analytical training and experience in financial planning

Demonstrated flexibility versatility and ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines in a team environment

Ability to work without close supervision managing and prioritizing deliverables

Must be highly flexible and confidential with all matters

Ability to travel up to 20% as required for local client meetings and/or nationally for educational trainings and seminars

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00AM 5:00PM.

Working Conditions: Professional office environment daytime hours working inside standing and sitting will be assigned to a workstation no heavy lifting over 10 lbs. Travel assumed up to 20% of the time.

Competencies:

Business & Technological Knowledge

Industry Experience

Advanced knowledge of the industry financial products and financial planning concepts

Economic Landscape

Advanced knowledge of the economic landscape/general understanding of impact on the Firm and clients

Data/Financial Acumen

Advanced working knowledge of data and financial metrics relevant to the job

Business Ops - CSU

Strong working and core understanding of CSU Operations

SOs - FP

Advanced knowledge of financial planning concepts and Firms services/offerings

Tech - FP

Mastery of Financial Planning software and comparison tools

Tech - Salesforce

Expert use of core technology

Core Tech/Platforms

Expert of all of the mechanics of all Core Technology (Microsoft Office Box Custodian Sites Task Mgmt tools Docusign)

Tech - ENV

Oversees all Envestnet activities for the CSU

Compliance

Advanced working knowledge of compliance requirements

INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Teamwork & Collaboration

Role model for cross-Firm teamwork and collaboration

Work Environment

Role model positive work environment; builds appropriate rapport with other team members

Balancing Priorities

Balances competing priorities and manages time pressures with composure

Trustworthiness

Instills trust across the Firm as someone who can be counted on for honesty integrity and reliability

Professional Presence

Confidently facilitates client and/or team meeting of appropriate role and demeanor in client and team meetings internal trainings and business functions

Communications

Presents oral and written communications in a concise and well-organized form

CLIENT FOCUS & ACCOUNTABILITY

Client Service

Assists in the development of materials for client meetings and follow-ups. Proactively seeks opportunities to provide support to Financial Planners and/or Wealth Advisors

Resource Coordination

Begins to establish internal resource channels needed to deliver high quality work on a timely basis

Growth Mindset

Learns the Firms approach to business development

Quality

Demonstrates accountability for own work quality; checks with others to ensure accuracy

LEADERSHIP

Guiding Principles

Consistently demonstrates full commitment to Firm vision and values

Talent Development & Leadership

Proactively takes on new work; Formally involved in training coaching and mentoring more junior employees; seeks new leadership opportunities

Innovation & Change Management

Seeks to expand capabilities of the company

Firm-building

May play a key role in the implementation of firm wide processes

Driving Results

Partners with Wealth Advisors to support achievement of KPIs

Benefits:

Mercer Advisors offers a competitive and robust benefit package to our employees. Our benefit programs are focused on meeting all of our employees and their eligible dependents health and welfare needs. We offer the following:

  • Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
  • Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Three medical plans offerings including two High Deductible Health Plans and a Traditional Co-Pay medical plan.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions on a per pay period basis if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan.
  • Two comprehensive Dental Plans
  • Vision Insurance Plan
  • Dependent Care Savings Account for child and dependent care.
  • 14 Company Paid Holidays with a full week off at Thanksgiving.
  • Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • Family Medical Leave
  • Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks)
  • Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD any supplemental STD plus Parental Leave (6 weeks) to provide time for recovery baby bonding and enjoying your family time.
  • Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
  • Company Paid Concierge Services for you and your loved ones for the spectrum of caring needs for your aging parents young children lifes challenges and more.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with both Traditional and Roth plans with per pay period match
  • Pet Insurance

We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting.

Mercer Advisors provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to age color disability gender marital status national origin race religion sexual orientation gender identity and expression physical or mental disability genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other characteristic protected by law in accordance with all applicable federal state and local laws. Mercer Advisors provides equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and employee relations including recruitment hiring training and development promotion transfer demotion termination layoff compensation benefits and all other terms conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.

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Why Work at Mercer AdvisorsFor 40 years Mercer Advisors has worked with families to help them amplify and simplify their financial lives. How By integrating financial planning investment management tax estate insurance and more all managed by a single team. Today we proudly serve over 31300 families...
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Key Skills

  • Estate Law
  • Trusts
  • Wealth Management
  • Financial Services
  • Financial Concepts
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Securities Law
  • Financial Analysis
  • Budgeting
  • Financial Planning
  • Wills