Job Description SummaryFulfills varying tasks and assignments and completes rotations in a range of areas related to financial services, under varying levels of supervision. Develops skills and capabilities that equips the incumbent to move into a specific role in the organization.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Become trained and skilled to effectively and efficiently perform the Financial Advisor role:
- If hired as a team candidate, the team will provide the specific goals and expectations.
- Meets production targets that impact overall company revenue goals.
- Develops a book of business consistent with AMP program goals for assets under management and required production.
- Provides a high level of client service.
- Manages the full scope of a client relationship by evaluating the client's financial needs, investment opportunities, current holdings and available investment capital.
- Helps clients identify their investment objectives by effectively communicating portfolio losses when necessary, while preserving client loyalty.
- Develops client pipeline by prospecting, networking, engaging in community initiatives, centers of influence and developing niches.
- Recommends investment products, solutions, and services that are suitable for prospects and clients based on predetermined client needs, time horizons, risk profile, and preferences.
- Seeks expertise of internal resources to identify investment opportunities and solutions for clients.
- Opens, transfers, and closes customer accounts.
- Maintains appropriate account records while monitoring the customer's portfolio.
- Makes recommendations consistent with changes in economic and financial conditions as well as the client's needs and objectives, considering newly offered investments.
- Obtains and verifies the customer's purchase and sale instructions,



enters orders, and follows up on completion of transactions.
- Completes required program training and assignments, obtains mandatory industry licenses within prescribed timeframes, masters assessments and meets minimum performance and production standards.
- Stays abreast of investment products, industry rules and regulations, and financial planning.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge of

- Economic and accounting principles and practices.
- Financial markets, banking, and financial data analysis and reporting.
- Basic principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services.
- Firm's working structure, policies, mission, strategies, and compliance guidelines.

Skill in

- Operating client relationship manager system and other required software applications to produce financial plans, correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.
- Identifying the needs of customers through effective questioning and listening techniques.

Ability to

- Organize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced work workplace to run an optimal practice.
- Continuously learn investment products, industry rules and regulations, and financial planning.
- Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.




- Keep all appropriate parties up-to-date on decisions, changes, and other relevant information, and articulate reasons behind decisions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Persevere, handle rejection and show resilience during the prospecting and networking process.
- Network in the community and effectively market him or herself and Raymond James.
- Demonstrate persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively in high stress situations.

Education/Previous Experience

Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university preferred with a minimum of three (3) years of relevant working experience, demonstrating achievement in sales (preferably intangible) or business environment, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training as approved by Human Resources.

Licenses/Certifications

- SIE required provided that an exemption or grandfathering cannot be applied or ability to obtain within four (4) months from the start of the program.
- Series 7 and Series 66 or the ability to obtain them within four (4) months from the start of the program.
- Life, Health and Variable Annuity or the ability to obtain within six (6) months from the start of the program.

Education

- Bachelor's: Accounting, Bachelor's: Business Administration, Bachelor's: Finance, High School (HS) (Required)
- Bachelor's: Accounting, Bachelor's: Business Administration, Bachelor's: Finance

Work Experience

- General Experience - 7 to 12 months

Certifications

s66 - Uniform Combined State Law Examination - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), s7 - General Securities Representative Examination - Financial Industry Regulatory Aut

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📌 AMP Financial Advisor Trainee (Melbourne, FL)
🏢 raymondjames
📍 Melbourne