Associate Sales Consultant

GuideStone Financial Resources; United States; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Flexible work schedules

Community outreach

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

GuideStone Financial Resources, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, seeks an Associate Sales Consultant to grow church retirement plans and group medical insurance solutions for small church organizations. You will learn a consultative, strategic approach to client acquisition and relationship management with church leadership and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes building long-term partnerships, presenting to financial professionals, and collaborating with colleagues to expand GuideStone's

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of sales experience in Group Medical Insurance or Retirement Plan/Investment industries.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• FINRA Series 6 and 63 license.
• State Life and Health license.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Ability to travel 30% with overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Support and cultivate key relationships for Sales Directors across the regional territory.
• Build relationships with advisors, brokers, consultants, and church admins to generate new business opportunities.
• Develop and execute annual marketing plans to increase sales and distribution.
• Identify needs of decision makers and direct efforts to provide products and services.
• Deliver presentations to financial professionals and industry leaders.
• Leverage technology to implement plans and boost brand awareness in the region.
• Collaborate with GuideStone reps to promote full suite of capabilities.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Sales experience

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

FINRA Series 6 and 63

State Life and Health license

Job description

Experience GuideStone!

We are an innovative organization that invests in the spiritual, relational, financial, physical and professional development of our employees. We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship.

What We Offer You!

We offer employees a generous benefits package, flexible work schedules, the opportunity to be involved in community outreach and tuition reimbursement.

The Associate Sales Consultant will drive growth by developing sales opportunities for church retirement plans and group medical insurance solutions to small church organizations. This role will learn and develop a consultative, strategic approach to client acquisition and relationship management, focusing on building long-term partnerships with church leadership and key stakeholders. We serve those that serve the Lord with the integrity of our hearts and the skillfulness of our hands. (Psalm 78:72)

What You'll Do:

• Support, establish, and assist in maintaining and developing key relationships for aligned Sales Directors for the development of the regional territory.
• Build new relationships with key advisors, brokers, consultants, and church administrators to develop and cultivate new business opportunities.
• Develop and execute annual marketing plans with innovative and creative ideas to increase sales and distribution.
• Identify and understand needs of key decision makers and direct efforts to provide product enhancements and service.
• Deliver presentations to key stakeholders including financial professionals and industry leaders.
• Leverage technology to implement marketing plans and increase Brand awareness across the assigned regional territory.
• Partners with other Guidestone representatives to enhance awareness of full suite of Guidestone capabilities.

What You'll Need:

• 0-2 years of internal or external sales experience with Group Medical Insurance, Retirement Plan/Investment industry, some history of sales success
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• FINRA Series 6 and 63
• State Life and Health
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven ability to lead.
• Ability to travel 30% of the time, and overnights required.
• #LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, GuideStone is one of the historic boards of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Since our beginning more than a century ago, we have answered the call to support and serve ministers and their families. Our vision is to help every servant of Christ finish well. Today, that same commitment continues and has expanded as we offer a full suite of retirement, insurance and investment solutions. We also stay true to the heart of our ministry through Mission:Dignity® — which provides retirement-aged SBC ministers, workers and their widows with financial assistance and dignity. Across every season, we help ministries and faith-aligned individuals steward their resources well so they can more freely answer their calling. GuideStone affirms the beliefs and statement of faith adopted by the SBC. These beliefs shape GuideStone's mission and help serve as the foundation for its employment policies and procedures.

What We Offer:

• Flexible work schedules
• Community outreach
• Generous benefits package
• Tuition reimbursement

Learn more about what we offer at https://www.guidestone.org/About-Us/Careers/Benefits