Wealth Advisor

Sterling Wealth Management; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid vacation

Bonus plans

Paid parking

FSA/HSA

Job summary

Sterling Wealth Management invites a professional Wealth Advisor to join our Champaign headquarters. You will lead client meetings, craft comprehensive financial plans, and work with Senior Advisors to deliver tailored investment strategies.

The role requires a CFP designation with 5+ years of advisory experience and a strong client-focused approach. In this in-person position, you will manage multiple client projects, mentor junior staff, and contribute to firm initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to manage multiple client projects.
• CFP designation with five+ years in advisory or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree required; CFP certification pursued or completed.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ongoing client meetings and planning sessions.
• Develop financial planning recommendations and client deliverables.
• Mentor Associate Wealth Advisors and collaborate with Senior Advisors.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Independent work

Multitasking

Client relationship management

Education

CFP Certificant / CFP exam in progress

4-year college degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Financial planning software (eMoney, MoneyGuide Pro)

Job description

Wealth Advisor

Job description

Are you friendly, mature, attentive, and poised? Do you have a passion for financial planning and personal wealth management? Can you take initiative and run with projects yet know when to ask questions or speak up? At Sterling Wealth Management, we have a culture that is centered around a “team-over-self” mentality “clients first always” approach and are searching for a Wealth Advisor who will represent our firm and clients well.

The Company – Sterling Wealth Management

Sterling Wealth Management is a growing independent private wealth management firm that has been serving clients since 2004. We are a fiduciary advisor that provides a select group of clients within the high-net-worth client community with a broad range of wealth management services, including investment management and comprehensive financial planning solutions. Sterling clients can expect a customized approach from a professional yet approachable and caring team with decades of experience. We are a “personal chief financial officer” for Successful Families, Women, Executives and Entrepreneurs. Sterling is focused on finding solutions that meet our client’s unique needs. Our culture is rooted in mutual respect, excellence, and humble confidence. We are collaborative, accessible, and responsive, making it easy for clients to work with our team.

The Person

We are looking for an organized, trustworthy, and proactive Wealth Advisor who can be an effective collaborative member of our advisory team, managing multiple projects within the organization and for our clients. With strong written and verbal communication skills, this empowered and intuitive team member is thoughtful and forward looking, knowing when to take charge and ownership in service of helping our clients live their best lives and in doing so, change the world around us. Being collaborative and caring, this genuine and empathetic professional understands the importance of confidentiality, has a figure-it-out mentality, and is a great decision maker.

It is important that this professional is an enthusiastic, punctual, and polished brand ambassador that can easily connect with a diverse group of people. The ideal candidate is experienced, confident, independent, approachable, transparent, and respectful. Flexible and loyal, this engaged and coachable Wealth Advisor has a love for learning, valuing continuous personal and professional improvement.

Responsibilities

In this role, a Sterling Wealth Advisor requires mature client relationship skills to handle both non-advisory and advisory questions and concerns from clients as well as attentiveness to process and firm operations.

This individual will also provide technical financial planning and investment management work for our clients, collaborating with other professional advisors in the firm and providing direction and mentorship to the Associate Wealth Advisors within the team as well. In this role, the Wealth Advisor understands and engages in client service and direct relationship management for existing clients, development of financial planning recommendations, creation of client deliverables and presentation of advice in client meetings, ensuring that advice and other recommendations is executed.

The Sterling Wealth Advisor professional must have obtained their CFP® designation (or are awaiting certification) and had at least five years of experience in the advisory or related profession. They must be familiar and fluent in understanding a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures, and rely on extensive experience and judgement to help clients solve complex financial and investment management issues. Strong organization skills and the ability to multi-task and manage time effectively is a must.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities – Wealth Advisor:

• Conduct on-going client meetings, including initial and regular planning meetings
• Solve complicated financial planning, estate, tax, cash flow, charitable planning, risk management and retirement planning issues
• Demonstrate deep understanding of investment strategies for clients, including the creation of investment policy statements and portfolio analysis
• Support all of the wealth management services of the firm
• Collect, organize and review data gathered from clients for all areas of planning
• Obtain mastery of our planning tools and resources used to prepare and make recommendations for our clients
• Work with Senior Advisors to manage and leverage work needing to be completed
• Contribute to the development, research and implementation of new processes and procedures for financial planning/wealth management area of the firm
• Participate in various firm-level initiatives as needed
• Assist with client communications, such as writing educational or service-related articles for the firm newsletter/blog/website/other client communications
• Maintain electronic files with updated client information, prepare reports, correspondence, and complete special projects as appropriate
• Assist with additional client service and operations related projects as needed
• Complete special projects as appropriate

Benefits

• Employer paid insurances (health, eye, life and disability)
• 401(k) with employer match and profit sharing
• FSA/HSA with partial employer funding
• Paid vacation/time off
• Bonus plans
• Paid covered parking

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Start between $85,000 - $100,000 per year, commensurate with experience

Qualifications

The Wealth Advisor position typically requires the following qualifications:

• CFP® designation with five or more years’ experience in financial advisory or related fields
• Possesses self-confidence, a commitment to personal and professional integrity, and a drive to meet and exceed personal and professional goals
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment; willing to be mentored
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and listening skills

Required

• 4-year college degree
• CFP® Certificant (or have passed the CFP® exam and are awaiting completion of the experience requirements)
• Five to seven years’ experience in the advisory or related fields
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience with financial planning software (e.g. eMoney, MoneyGuide Pro)
• This is an in-person position at firm headquarters (Champaign, IL)

Preferred

• Experience with financial advisory focused CRM software
• Additional industry specialized certifications (e.g. TPCP®, CTFA, CFA®, CeFT®)

Desired

• Outside activities and interests, community involvement