Associate Financial Advisor

Summit Wealth Strategies; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Wealth Strategies seeks an experienced Associate Financial Advisor to join our retirement planning team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality financial planning and client service rather than prospecting or building a book of business.

You will work with our team to guide clients through retirement strategies, maintain relationships, and coordinate on implementation and reviews. This is an opportunity to grow within a collaborative, advisor-driven firm.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in wealth management or financial planning.
• Life, Health & Disability Insurance License.
• Comfortable leading client meetings and discussing complex financial concepts clearly.
• Interested in developing into a high-level retirement advisor rather than focusing on business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead initial prospect meetings to understand clients' financial situation, retirement goals, income needs, concerns, and priorities.
• Develop comprehensive retirement income strategies with lead advisor.
• Attend strategy and recommendation meetings and guide prospects through the planning process.
• Take ownership of the relationship once a prospect becomes a client and lead onboarding.
• Conduct ongoing client review meetings and serve as primary relationship manager.
• Coordinate with operations on account openings, transfers, paperwork, and client service.

Skills

Wealth management

Financial planning

Investment advisory

Client meetings

Relationship management

Education

CFP certification (or progress toward)

RICP certification (or progress toward)

Tools

Salesforce

MS Excel

Job description

Summit Wealth Strategies is seeking an experienced, fully licensed Associate Financial Advisor to join our growing retirement planning team.

This role is designed for an advisor who enjoys financial planning, working directly with clients, and being part of a structured advisory process—but does not want to spend their career prospecting, cold calling, or building a book of business from scratch.

Our firm generates the prospects. Your focus is helping deliver an exceptional planning and client experience.

What You'll Do

• Lead initial prospect meetings to understand the client's financial situation, retirement goals, income needs, concerns, and priorities
• Work alongside our Lead Advisor to develop comprehensive retirement income strategies
• Attend strategy and recommendation meetings and help guide prospects through the planning process
• Take ownership of the relationship once a prospect becomes a client
• Lead implementation and onboarding of new clients
• Conduct ongoing client review meetings and serve as a primary relationship manager
• Prepare for meetings by reviewing financial plans, investments, income strategies, Social Security, taxes, and other retirement considerations
• Coordinate with our operations team on account openings, transfers, paperwork, and client service
• Maintain accurate client information, tasks, and workflows within Salesforce
• Provide proactive communication and high-level service to existing clients

Who We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in wealth management, financial planning, or investment advisory
• Life, Health & Disability Insurance License
• Strong understanding of investments and retirement planning
• CFP®, RICP®, or progress toward an advanced planning designation preferred
• Comfortable leading client meetings and discussing complex financial concepts in a clear, understandable way
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple client relationships and priorities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Detail-oriented with a high standard for follow-through
• Comfortable working within a team-based advisory model
• Interested in developing into a high-level retirement advisor rather than primarily focusing on business development

About Summit Wealth Strategies

Summit Wealth Strategies is a retirement-focused wealth management firm serving clients across the country. We specialize in helping individuals and families approaching or living in retirement create coordinated strategies around investments, retirement income, Social Security, taxes, and long-term financial planning.

Our advisory process is built around specialization and teamwork. Rather than requiring every advisor to prospect, plan, close, implement, and service clients independently, our team works together to deliver a consistent, high-quality client experience.

This is an opportunity to join a growing firm, work with established client relationships and qualified prospective clients, and develop into a key advisor within the organization.