Financial Advisor Associate - Wetaskiwin

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Job Number: REQ4889

Location: Wetaskiwin and surrounding areas

Paygrade: H OTH

Positions available: 1

Leader Name: Manager, Financial Advisor Associate

As ATB Wealth’s next Financial Advisor Associate, are you passionate about assisting the Financial Advisors in managing and administering an assigned portfolio of ATB Wealth clients? Under the direction of the Manager of Financial Advisor Associate, you are client obsessed and will be responsible for ensuring ongoing delivery of friendly, efficient and professional post sale service and support to a portfolio of ATB Wealth clients. You also seek out new information, share your ideas with the internal administrative support to your team. You bring your best self to work everyday as your other responsibilities include delivery of client investment needs, preparation and scheduling of annual and prospective client meetings and building strong internal relationships to maintain high levels of service.

Requirements : Financial Advisor Associate Accountabilities: The Financial Advisor Associate (FAA) acts as the administration manager, ensuring proactive administrative support services to the Financial Advisors in the delivery of client investment needs. They maintain a high level of quality service by ensuring the efficient preparation and fulfillment of all client account and transactional information requests and provide follow up service in a timely manner. They contribute to the achievement of business growth targets by proactively contacting clients or partners to arrange meetings and identifying new or additional sales opportunities to the Financial Advisor. They work with the Financial Advisors to ensure a triple win outcome as follows:

• Acts as the first point of contact for clients and strives to execute client requests with mínimal to no FA involvement, as appropriate. Determines which requests require investment advice and communicates these effectively to the Financial Advisor.
• Responds to client questions or concerns regarding investment products, processing procedures, fees and charges, and settlement expectations.
• Contacts and meets with clients to coordinate the sign off of investment documents, opens additional accounts, and answers any questions raised.
• Organizes and attends client hosting events by planning all event management activities to ensure a successful & value-add affair.
• Maintains a strong understanding of investment related regulations, sales processes, policies & procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Maintains a high level of quality service by ensuring the efficient preparation and fulfillment of all client account and transactional information requests and provides follow up service in a timely manner.
• Manages Financial Advisor’s client bookings through proactive scheduling of annual reviews and prospect meetings and advance preparation of materials for scheduled meetings.
• Monitors upcoming investment maturities through a diary system and pro-actively initiates renewal steps with clients.
• Follows best practices in maintaining up to date client information and record keeping. Ensures post-meeting notes and future action plans are updated and captured within Salesforce.
• Ensures all trading activities are processed in accordance with client requests and resolves any issues raised.

You have what we’re looking for:

• The ability to (or working towards) IIROC Registered as an Investment Representative with completion of the Canadian Securities Course at a minimum. Completion of the below certifications are an asset:

• Conduct & Practices Handbook

• CSI 30-day Online Training Course

• Good working knowledge of wealth management solutions, sales processes, policies, and procedures

• Proven experience in prospecting and networking in previous roles is an asset

• Ability to oversee all administrative aspects of client investment accounts

• Strong working knowledge of G-suite and computer skills

• Some post secondary education preferred or previous industry related experience would be an asset

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