Relationship Development Associate

Financial Growth Partners; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Licensing support

Mentorship program

401(k) match

Health benefits

Job summary

Financial Growth Partners in Virginia Beach is recruiting a Relationship Development Associate to train into a licensed Financial Advisor. You'll learn the fundamentals, build relationships, and be mentored by experienced advisers with Guardian resources.

No finance degree required; we value work ethic, coachability, and a willingness to grow. You'll progress through licensing milestones and eventually manage your own book of business with strong backing.

Qualifications

• Must be driven with strong work ethic and coachability.
• Ability to build relationships with prospects and clients.
• Willingness to study for licensing with company support.

Responsibilities

• Learn how financial planning works and why it matters to families.
• Build and develop professional relationships with prospects and clients.
• Support experienced advisors in client strategy and planning.
• Grow your professional network and pursue licensing.

Skills

People skills

Coachability

Work ethic

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Path to Financial Advisor|Financial Growth Partners|Virginia Beach Richmond Charlottesville

If you're driven, good with people, and looking for a career you can build and own, this is where it starts. The Relationship Development Associate role is our on-ramp into financial advising. You don't need industry experience or a finance degree to begin. You need work ethic, coachability, and a genuine interest in helping people, and we'll teach you the rest.

This is a real career path, not a support role. You'll start by learning the fundamentals of the business and building professional relationships, and you'll grow into a fully licensed Financial Advisor with your own book of business, backed every step of the way by mentorship, training, and the Guardian platform behind you.

What a Relationship Development Associate Does

In your first phase, your focus is learning the business and building the muscles every successful advisor relies on:

• Learn how financial planning works and why it matters to real families and business owners
• Build and develop professional relationships with prospects and clients
• Support experienced advisors in client strategy conversations and planning work
• Grow and manage your own professional network
• Study for and complete your licensing with full company support
• Take part in mentorship, training, and team development sessions

The Path from Associate to Advisor

We've built a clear, structured path so you always know what's next and what you're working toward. As you complete your licensing and hit early production and activity milestones, you transition from Relationship Development Associate into a full Financial Advisor role, with compensation and responsibility growing at each step.

Licensing and Training

You do not need to be licensed to start. We provide full support toward:

• Life and Health Insurance License
• Securities Industry Essentials (SIE)

You'll have study support, mentorship, and a team invested in getting you through it, because your success is our success.

The Platform Behind You

Financial Growth Partners is a subsidiary of Guardian, a mutual insurance company that has spent more than 160 years helping families and business owners build financial security.

Through Park Avenue Wealth Management, our advisors get access to sophisticated planning tools, investment platforms, and practice management resources built to help you serve clients at a higher level. You're not going it alone. You're building something real with real backing.

Who Thrives Here

Some of our strongest people came from outside the industry entirely. If any of this sounds like you, we should talk:

• You've worked in sales, service, hospitality, real estate, insurance, banking, or another role where you learned how to connect with people
• You're a former athlete, veteran, or someone who knows what it takes to compete and keep showing up
• You're a recent grad who wants to build something of your own instead of settling into a cubicle
• You're motivated, coachable, and ready to bet on yourself
• You want relationships, leadership, and long-term upside, not just a paycheck

A degree is a plus, not a requirement. What matters most is drive and character.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation that grows with your licensing, production, and responsibility
• A clear path into full advisor status and, beyond that, leadership and team building
• Defined Benefit Plan
• 401(k) with match and Roth options
• Health and dental benefits

About Financial Growth Partners

We believe in the power of human potential. Our work is built around relationships, not transactions. We help clients take ownership of their financial futures, and we help our own people build careers worth having along the way. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.