Financial Planning Advisor (Licensing & Training Provided)

Northwestern Mutual

Florham Park (NJ)

On-site

USD 72,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Pension plan

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Florham Park, NJ is seeking an Executive Director to enhance its talent acquisition and recruiting efforts. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a proven ability to influence others. This role offers a comprehensive training program and a commission structure that grows with client retention. Joining an inclusive team committed to financial planning excellence, you will help shape the future of financial advisory services.

Qualifications

2-10+ years of professional experience.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Proven track‑record of influencing

Ability to effectively network

Education

B.A./B.S. degree preferred

Job description

Executive Director @ Northwestern Mutual | Talent Acquisition | Recruiting | Leadership | go birds

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Base pay range

$72,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

About Us

For over 160 years, we have helped our clients spend their lives living through comprehensive and innovative financial planning. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with personalized digital experience and industry‑leading products to give our clients the ability to successfully navigate their financial lives.

Our tailored approach includes multiple financial strategies—insurance, investments, and annuities—built to reinforce each other, keeping our clients consistently on track to meet goal after goal. We lead with unmatched financial strength and access to the best products and services for our clients.

Our Financial Advisors are valued partners, and proud business owners. We value an inclusive and belonging environment where everyone’s different viewpoints bring new successes!

✔️ A++: AAA, Aaa, and AA+ – we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.
✔️ Top 5: We're one of the top U.S. Independent Investment Broker‑Dealers.
✔️ $6.8B: in dividends expected to be paid in 2023
✔️ No. 1: Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2022
✔️ Fortune 100 company (2021)
✔️ Forbes' Best Employers for Diversity (2018-2020)
✔️ #1 Amongst Life Insurers Most Admired Companies2 for Financial Soundness
✔️ Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality – Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (2015-2021)
✔️ $224 billion3 (retail investment client assets held or managed)

Training & Development

You’ll receive in‑depth training from one of Training Magazines Top 125 Training Program and partner with industry experts until you’re ready to do it on your own. Personalized mentoring and award‑winning training programs.

Inside Scope

While Northwestern Mutual is known as a life insurance company, we’ve morphed into full‑service financial planning and take a holistic approach to planning with our clients focused on risk and wealth management. We sponsor you for your securities exams right away so that you can focus on both insurance and investments.
The way our advisors build their book of business is primarily through their own centers of influence/natural market. We teach you how to build a referral‑based practice through prospecting to be introduced to second and third‑degree connections to help expand your market.
Our advisors are paid a few different ways, but primarily through commission and bonuses. We give you money to help you get started in your first year and higher commissions for the first three years. Every year your clients remain with you, you earn through residual income that continuously grows and acts like a base over time.

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