Financial Advisor

Northwestern Mutual - West Hartford; Washington; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plans

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Financial Advisor in West Hartford, CT. You will partner with clients to create personalized financial plans, protect and grow their assets, and guide them through life’s financial decisions. This role emphasizes trust, ongoing learning, and a client-centric approach.

The company offers an award-winning training program, mentorship, and a culture that values inclusion and professional development. The position is hybrid with office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and motivation.
• Self-starter with entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement personalized financial plans for clients.
• Meet with clients to understand goals and risk tolerance.
• Provide financial tools and guidance to help clients achieve their objectives.
• Build trust-based client relationships through transparent communication.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Grit

Self-starter

Motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

CHOOSE A CAREER THAT ALLOWS YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS TO LIVE LIFE DIFFERENTLY!

Northwestern Mutual has more than 170 years of experience in changing people’s lives, personally, professionally, and financially.

WE ARE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL

• Fortune 500 Ranked 109th 2026
• Revenue 2025 $41 billion
• The industry leader in dividend payout, $9.2 billion anticipated in 2026
• Unsurpassed Financial Strength with total company assets of $399 billion
• More than 5.2 million total clients nationwide
• Maintain $404 billion in wealth management assets
• Annuities $42.3 billion
• 97% of policy owners stay year after year
• Top 5 Independent Broker-Dealer 2025
• The largest direct provider of life insurance in the US $2.4 trillion
• No. 1 in Disability Income Insurance
• No. 3 in individual Long Term Care Insurance
• Insurance claims paid 2025 $6.7 billion

FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL

Our Financial Advisors help clients reach their goals by developing and implementing financial plans. We can show clients where they are today, plan where they want to go tomorrow and provide the financial tools and support to help them get there. As a Financial Advisor, you will partner with clients by creating a personalized financial plan built on client’s unique needs and desires. Through our industry-leading financial solutions and technology, you will help your clients protect what they have worked so hard to achieve, while growing assets to plan for the future.

We are looking for competitive individuals who thrive in a fast pace and entrepreneurial environment. Someone who builds relationships centered on trust, open communication, and transparency. Someone that will commit to ongoing learning, training, and current events that impact lives.

Our Nationally recognized training program allows us to train and develop individuals from all different professional backgrounds. Some of our most successful career changers came from: Financial services, business development, hospitality, banking, sales, marketing, management, educators, athletics, legal, communications, real estate, entrepreneurs, military veterans, and community influencers. We hope you have a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree from a four-year college or university. It’s also a plus if you have strong interpersonal skills, grit, motivation, and you are a self-starter.

BY JOINING YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO:

• Expectational income potential
• An award-winning training program to help you get started
• Mentorship and professional development and training
• A culture that promotes diversity, inclusion, acceptance and new ideas
• Full financial support for all licenses (CT Life/Health, SIE/FINRA), certifications, and professional designations

A CAREER WITH ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES

This career is a performance-based income structure that includes a training allowance program, stipends, bonuses and commission. It allows you to control what you would want to earn at any given time in your career. To give you an idea, our financial professionals are making on average about $60,000 in their first year, and there is potential in the following year to earn over $100,000 in year two. The first years can be tough as you are learning the business. But the trade‑off is that you get to define what success looks like and control most day to day variables.

INCOME GROWTH POTENTIAL:

National Average vs Top 25% 2025
Year 1 | $99,038 - $234,331
Year 5+| $661,304 - $1,790,605

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Multiple Retirement Plans

Education: Bachelor's (Required)

Location: West Hartford, CT (Required) *This position is hybrid (80% in Office 20% remote)

Company Description

Northwestern Mutual has helped clients achieve financial security for nearly 170 years. The company focuses solely and directly on its clients and seeks to deliver consistent and dependable value to the customer over time. Northwestern Mutual and its subsidiaries offer a holistic approach to financial security solutions including: life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance and annuities. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company- Milwaukee, WI (Northwestern Mutual)

"Top Work Place" according Hartford Courant 2025
"World's Most Admired Companies" according Fortune Magazine 2025
"Best Employer For New Grads" according Forbes 2025
"Best Place To Work" according to Gl