Virtual Financial Advisor Chicago

Virtual Financial Advisor Remote

Chicago Illinois

Bring your skills to a deeply purposeful financially rewarding career

Thrivent is more than a financial services company were a community that puts generosity at the heart of saving and investing. At Thrivent youll have the opportunity to grow a meaningful career providing clients with purpose-based advice around investments insurance banking and generosity empowering lives of service and faith.

As a Virtual Financial Advisor youll play a vital role in delivering meaningful financial guidance that helps clients achieve greater financial confidence and take action. Leveraging Thrivents robust advice framework youll use your strong interpersonal and consultative skills to connect with clients build trust and provide tailored recommendations that support their financial well-being.

This role focuses on re-engaging existing Thrivent clientsmany of whom have not recently worked directly with a financial professionalby proactively reaching out to schedule and hold meaningful appointments via phone shared screens and video. Youll also have the opportunity to engage and serve your own natural market.

Supported by Thrivents commitment to community engagement and a collaborative team environment youll gain a strong foundation in sales and client service. Within 18-24 months youll be equipped to join a local team or build your own practice with our support.

This is a remote role. Youll meet with clients virtually using tools like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Youll also receive training and connect with your colleagues virtually with occasional opportunities for in-person development and teambuilding.

Your Success; Our Blueprint

Nothing influences your success more than a solid roadmap to your growth. Your onboarding will be an immersive and engaging experience. Youll receive the support stability and opportunity of a Fortune 500 leader. And if youre new to the financial services industry we offer up to 3 months of pay and coaching as you obtain the state insurance and securities licenses necessary for this position.

Role Description

As a Virtual Financial Advisor at Thrivent youll:

• Leverage your relationship-building skills and build sales experience to engage clients with confidence and clarity.

• Guide Christians and others who align with Thrivents mission and values to create and maintain their financial plans enabling lives of service and faith.

• Meet with clients virtually to provide personal actionable and achievable advice and connect clients to Thrivent products and programs.

• Have access to a large existing client base with the ability to also help your friends family and natural market.

• Access robust tools like the Thrivent Planning Platform Salesforce MoneyGuidePro and Morningstar and have modern computer hardware provided.

• Get the support of collaborative culture with colleagues and leaders who want you to be successful and are willing to help you do so.

What You Bring

Our culture and our people are special. Whether youre a seasoned sales professional or looking for a career change you could be a successful Virtual Financial Advisor if youre:

• Self-disciplined independent and driven to succeed.

• Motivated by helping others and seeing them achieve their goals not just selling products.

• A natural coach or guide with strong interpersonal skills.

• Positive energetic and results oriented.

• Collaborative and excited to contribute to your team.

Successful Thrivent financial advisors have come from a variety of career backgrounds including outside sales account executives real estate client services hospitality business development recruiting education fundraisers ministry and similar roles. Skills acquired in these fields transition well into the Virtual Financial Advisor role.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

• FINRA Series 7 63/65 or 66 required or obtained within 90 days.

• State insurance licensed and appointed in life health and variable lines of authority or obtained within 90 days.

• Eligibility to be securities registered and insurance licensed in all 50 states.

• Satisfactory background check (criminal and financial).

Compensation and Benefits

Youll get all the benefits of a Fortune 500 organization and more. Here youll enjoy:

• A base pay of $23.80-$26.45 per hour with additional monthly sales bonuses based on sales results and your client impact.

• Comprehensive medical vision and dental.

• 401(k) matching and a pension plan.

• Life and disability income insurance.

• Maternity/paternity leave as well as adoption and surrogacy assistance.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Four weeks of paid time off plus up to 20 hours of volunteer time off.

• Well-being programs to help you manage your physical emotional and financial health.

• Gift matching program to double your contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations and volunteer programs that support your efforts to make a difference.

About Thrivent
Thrivent is a diversified financial services organization that with its subsidiary and affiliate companies serves more than 2.4 million clients offering advice insurance investments banking and generosity products and programs. For more than 120 years Thrivent has been helping Christians build their financial futures and live more generous lives. Today Thrivent is a not-for-profit membership-owned Fortune 500 company with $194 billion in assets under management/advisement (as of 12/31/24). Thrivent carries ratings from independent rating agencies which demonstrate the strength and stability of the organization including an A rating from AM Best; an Aa2 rating from Moodys Investors Service; and an AA rating from S&P Global Ratings. Ratings are based on Thrivents financial strength and claims-paying ability but do not apply to investment product performance.

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