Workplace Financial Consultant, Senior Specialist: Concierge

The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard Group seeks a Situational Advisor to join Google's Concierge Team, delivering personalized financial planning and retirement guidance through virtual consultations. You will assess participants' goals, financial situations, and retirement needs to provide actionable recommendations in a trusted, one-on-one setting.

With a CFP designation and FINRA licenses, you will build strong relationships, support plan sponsors, and collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality guidance.

Qualifications

• CFP designation required.
• FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses required, or ability to obtain within established timelines after hire.
• Minimum of three years of financial planning/ retirement planning/ investment guidance experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Experience with workplace retirement plans or participant-facing guidance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personalized, point-in-time financial planning and investment guidance through virtual consultations.
• Evaluate participants' goals, financial situations, and retirement needs to provide appropriate recommendations.
• Conduct discovery conversations and build trusted relationships that support positive outcomes.
• Serve as a resource on workplace retirement plans, investments, and financial planning topics.
• Collaborate across teams to support participant needs and plan sponsor objectives.
• Participate in business initiatives and special projects.

Skills

CFP designation

Education

FINRA Series 7 license

FINRA Series 63 license

Job description

Help Google plan participants make confident financial decisions through personalized financial advice, retirement planning guidance, and an exceptional client experience. As a Vanguard Situational Advisor (VSA) on the Google Concierge Team, you will help participants navigate important financial decisions through personalized, one-on-one guidance. Working within a team-based advice model, you will deliver point-in-time financial planning and investment recommendations while supporting a high-quality participant experience and broader plan sponsor relationship. Advisors engage participants during key financial moments, helping them assess options, evaluate tradeoffs, and take meaningful steps toward their financial goals.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver personalized, point-in-time financial planning and investment guidance through virtual consultations.
• Evaluate participants' goals, financial situations, and retirement needs to provide appropriate recommendations.
• Conduct discovery conversations and build trusted relationships that support positive participant outcomes.
• Serve as a resource on workplace retirement plans, investments, and financial planning topics.
• Collaborate across teams to support participant needs and plan sponsor objectives.
• Participate in business initiatives and special projects.

Qualifications Required

• Required CFP® designation required.
• FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses required, or ability to obtain within established timelines after hire.
• Minimum three years of experience providing financial planning, retirement planning, investment guidance, or participant/client relationship management within the financial services industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts and build trust through consultative conversations.
• Strong financial planning and investment knowledge with the ability to apply advice to individual participant situations.
• Demonstrated adaptability and ability to operate successfully in an evolving environment.
• Preferred Experience supporting participants within defined contribution retirement plans or workplace retirement programs.
• Experience delivering participant-facing financial planning or investment guidance.
• Experience building trusted relationships and helping individuals navigate complex financial decisions.

What Success Looks Like

Successful advisors deliver exceptional participant experiences, provide actionable financial guidance, and help participants take meaningful steps toward their financial goals. Success is driven by participant outcomes, advice quality, collaboration, and contribution to the overall participant and plan sponsor experience.

Special Factors Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.