Lead Advisor - New Market - St. Louis

Brighton Jones; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Flexible working hours

Professional wellbeing stipend

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Lead Advisor in St. Louis, MO to serve as a Personal CFO for clients, delivering exceptional wealth management experiences. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience, a four-year degree, and a CFP® certification, among other qualifications. This full-time role offers competitive compensation ranging from $150,000 to $200,000 annually with a robust benefits package and opportunities for career growth, all within a supportive and inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years in financial and/or estate planning.
• Expertise in investment, insurance, and tax planning.
• Self-starter with strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a Personal CFO for clients and leads the client relationship.
• Delivers exceptional client experiences and manages wealth plans.
• Represents Brighton Jones at public speaking events.

Skills

Client relationship management

Wealth management planning

Effective communication

Leadership

Organizational skills

Education

Four-year degree

CFP®, CPA, CFA, or JD

Job description

Ready to make a meaningful impact?

At Brighton Jones, we’re a purpose-driven, client-focused team committed to helping individuals live richer lives. As one of the largest RIAs in the nation, we’ve built a culture of continuous growth, collaboration, and community—recognized with 15 consecutive “Best Places to Work” awards including Inc.com’s 2025 list, as well as national honors for community impact.

We lead the industry in aligning wealth, passion, and purpose to help our clients thrive. With over $30 billion in assets under advisement, 300+ teammates nationwide, and a dynamic, team-based approach, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for driven, curious individuals to join our #OneTeam.

Do you have a passion for helping others? Are you naturally curious, comfortable working in a team-based environment and committed to exceeding client expectations? If so, we should talk. We are expanding to new markets and looking for Lead Advisors who have their CFP® and a passion for helping clients. We're currently looking to expand to St. Louis.

Here’s where you come in: as part of our mission to help clients, colleagues, and the global community live a richer life, we’re ready to extend our reach to new markets. We want you to embody our culture, serving clients and leveraging our centralized client experience, marketing, business development and operations teams.

Take our Values in Action Self-Assessment to see how our values align!

Your Role:

• Acts as a Personal CFO for existing clients (where applicable) and new clients; leads the client relationship, delivers an exceptional experience, and designs, implements and manages the wealth management plan that supports their passions and purpose - their “Life Plan”
• Leverages internal and external resources to achieve client objectives in such areas as Investment Management, Estate Planning, Tax Planning, Risk Management, and General Planning
• Communicates our unique value proposition to prospective clients and works to establish Brighton Jones as their trusted financial advisor
• Proactively develops and expands relationships within the community
• Cultivates and develops deep relationships with custodial retail branches in collaboration with the national team
• Creates opportunities and represents Brighton Jones at public speaking events including community events, industry events, etc.
• Leads a local service team with deep collaboration to ensure client retention and satisfaction is high with a relentless focus on remarkable service.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Candidates must have a four-year degree
• Required professional designation: CFP®, CPA, CFA, or JD. Candidates who do not hold the CFP® designation but hold the CPA, CFA, or JD must obtain the Series 65 (or equivalent) within 120 days of employment.
• 6+ years in financial and/or estate planning related work, preferably at a professional financial services company or wealth management firm
• Expertise in estate, tax, retirement, insurance, investment, and cash flow/capital needs planning analysis
• Unquestioned commitment to integrity in personal and professional activities
• Highly motivated with ability to function well in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter by nature
• Excellent organizational, leadership, communication and presentation skills
• Able to manage heavy workloads and projects, many on a time-sensitive basis, as well as interacting with tight-knit team of professionals with a range of financial and tax activities.
• This role is part of an emerging market and will be considered remote until an office space is secured. Brighton Jones is a 'work-from-office' culture with a lot of flexibility. This is a full-time, and exempt position.

Compensation:

• Annual Compensation: $150,000 - $200,000 base per year DOE + a variable component based on new business market growth.
• Variable Compensation: Eligible for discretionary year-end profit sharing, Restricted Equity Units granted at hire, and an expedited opportunity to convert to Partner status at vest.

• Benefits: Our benefits package includes, but is not limited to, health care benefits (medical/dental/vision), retirement benefits, paid time off (PTO), holiday flex-days, summer flex-days, company-paid holidays, parental leave, transportation benefits, unlimited volunteer time off, professional, and personal wellbeing stipend, and other fringe benefits.

Visa Sponsorship

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for the position offered. Accordingly, we are unable to hire individuals who require, or will require, employment visa sponsorship either now or in the future.

We are committed to building a business where all of our team members genuinely love where they work and are empowered to reach their full potential. We do this by building authentic relationships with one another, learning and growing continuously together, working hard while having lots of fun, and giving back to our community.

Brighton Jones is a team founded on equity and respect, and we’re on a mission to help each other, our clients, and global community thrive. We actively foster a compassionate and inclusive culture and are committed to creating a diverse #OneTeam where teammates can show up authentically.

To the right individual, we offer very competitive compensation, a robust benefits package, an award-winning culture, and rewarding career growth.

Brighton Jones provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or caste. In addition to federal law requirements, Brighton Jones complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has offices. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.