Apply for this Full-Time Virtual Lead Planner position ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE :
- Charging a Flat Fee for Planning & Investment management is clearly better for clients than a % AUM fee (which drives excessive fees and is rife with conflicts)
- Lead Planners do their best work serving clients and NOT prospecting for them
- A Lead Planner's core purpose is to help clients achieve the feeling of relaxed confidence in their financial lives
- Great heroes for a Lead Planner include Jack Bogle, Wade Pfau, Bill Sharpe, Fama & French
- Lead Planner core values should include Service, Curiosity, Transparency, Humility & Tenacity
- Personal finance is 80% personal and 20% finance
We're a disruptive band of flat fee retirement income experts providing outstanding client service. We're about to pass $1B at Schwab, and we're having a lot of fun.
So, do you believe what we believe?
MUST HAVE" QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience and Credentials
Hold your CFP designation
- 7+ years of analytically rigorous financial planning
- 3+ years running high net worth relationships
- 10+ years of total work experience
- Planning and Analytical Chops
Created (from scratch) 200+ complete financial plans in leading software (MoneyGuide Pro, eMoney, or RightCapital), at least 75 of which have been for high net worth
- True Expert in at least one of the 3 leading financial planning softwares to the point where you can confidently test multiple scenarios, create custom reports, conduct insurance needs analysis, evaluate tax planning strategies, and more
- Microsoft Excel geek - pushing data around, using pivot tables, lookup tables, driving insights that you can't drive from planning software
- Excellent Communicator and Cultural Fit
Very clear thinker and communicator (verbal & written)
- Well organized and respectful of client service standards (deadlines)
- Very good at detailed work AND "connecting" it to the bigger picture and seeing how your planning tasks at hand dovetail into the broader client situation
- Very comfortable saying "I don't know" and "I need help"
- Consistently demonstrate our core values (curiosity, tenacity. service, rigor, clarity)
NICE TO HAVE" QUALIFICATIONS
- Expertise in MoneyGuidePro
- Bring something new to the table to expand the capability of our team (e.g. CPA, CFA, Trading, Behavior, etc.)
- Experience in an RIA (preferably fee-only & growth oriented)
- Familiarity with Schwab
- Track record of effective remote work
- Track record of thriving in a small company "start-up" culture
COMPENSATION PACKAGE
- Full-time W2
- 120K+ Base and 25% Target Bonus (with clear path to $200K+)