Thrivent · 3 months ago
Area Vice President
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expThrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services firm, seeks Area Vice Presidents to lead geographic areas focused on growing new advisors through teams and future team leaders. The Area Vice President will be responsible for driving total sales growth, building brand awareness, and fostering a culture of engagement within their assigned area.
FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Inspire others with Thrivent’s purpose, promise and principles. The Area VP will grow exceptional leaders, connect with regional communities, build relationships, and identify and pursue growth opportunities. They will provide direct leadership for 5-10 field leaders and 50-100 Financial Advisors serving 100,000 clients
Ensure execution for advice adoption and solutions and sales in their key geographic area(s) for Thrivent. The AVP will be accountable for delivering total sales growth in their area
Monitor and drive results aligned to our key performance indicators (KPIs), financial metrics, and operational benchmarks to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive informed decision-making in the area
Connect matrixed partners within the area to grow diverse advisor and client segment
Attract and launch talent through market leaders within the area to create future team leaders
Encourages experienced advisors to grow their practice capacity with new FAs, grow teams, and create professional practices. The AVP will collaborate well with National Practice Group (NPG) leaders to leverage advanced practices in their geographic area
Collaborates across Thrivent’s ecosystem, National Practice Group, and our advisor continuum and channels (e.g. remote advice, TAN). The AVP forges a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values
The Area Vice President supports Group Vice President as a key leader, growing a key strategic area and leading other Directors, FAs, and staff. She/he exhibits strong leadership and can delegate and lead a team toward reaching regional Advisor Group goals
The Area Vice President (AVP) focuses on 5 key areas: Leadership: In their key area(s), the AVP will attract, develop, and lead exceptional field leaders who recruit and launch new advisors on teams or as future team leaders: The AVP will ensure high talent regional leaders are in place to grow our Financial Professionals in their area
Drive strong accountability so market leaders deliver on advice adoption and solution sales and advisor capacity growth in an economically viable manner for Thrivent
Focus resources on their key area(s) with the most opportunity for Thrivent
Culture of Courage, Collaboration and Commitment: The AVP will create a culture that embodies Thrivent’s leadership competencies – Model the Way, Rally the Team, and Deliver Outcomes
The AVP forges a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients and across Christian communities
The AVP will collaborate with the Leader of Group Operations to effectively partner with our Centers of Excellence, help identify and spread best practices, and execute on COE playbooks/systems for capacity, productivity, and advice
Drive growth through current and future teams, virtual advice partnerships to deliver advice
Manage the market directors and developers assigned to your area. Indirectly provide guidance to Virtual Advice leaders within your area
The leader will establish and foster an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional workforce engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients
The AVP will connect with the Thrivent Member Network (TMN) and Board in the area to help achieve the TMN and Thrivent’s goals
Given their focus on leadership and culture, The Area Vice President leads Thrivent’s execution on three crucial outcomes to serve our clients in their assigned area: Advisor Growth: Top priority for the Area Vice President is to lead advisor capacity growth in their key area. The AVP: Builds a plan to deliver on Thrivent’s capacity growth goals in their area. Partner with other Thrivent leaders including local Community Engagement Leader, Thrivent Member Network, and other partners to develop capacity plan
Holds field leaders accountable for area goals through weekly accountability sessions and coaching 1:1s
Attracts high quality, diverse talent into financial advisor roles, partnering with the Advisor Growth COE for recruiting, licensing, and training; Ensuring new advisors are placed into practices in key areas or markets
Ensures client facing talent is given the advice, solutions and business tools, resources and knowledge needed to be successful
Works to ensure new FAs are connected into Thrivent’s unique affinity marketplace and Christian connections
Foster a positive and collaborative area culture that promotes accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement leading to increased retention
Set clear goals and objectives for the team and develop action plans to achieve them, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and priorities
Advice Adoption: The Area Vice President ensures execution for advice adoption and solutions in their assigned key geographic area for Thrivent. The AVP will: The Area Vice President will partner with matrix partners to ensure her/his area (Leaders/Advisors) adopts Thrivent’s advice offerings. New advisors will be trained on and coached around providing advice to their clients. Experienced advisors/practices will be encouraged to adopt Thrivent’s advice offerings. All leaders will be expected to be competent and committed to ensuring they lead their advisors with Thrivent’s advice principles
Ensure strong solutions (both ANBP and investments) are recommended in line with advice recommendations
Is expected to deliver strong total sales results in their area
Practice Growth: The Area Vice President encourages experienced advisors to grow teams and create professional practices, The AVP works with practice growth leaders to identify practices looking to add capacity
Assists practices looking to add talent on their teams to identify roles, responsibilities and talent needs. Connects current candidates to practices for selection. Works with Capacity Growth and Development COE to manage the selection process
Works closely with the Practice Directors serving their Group, the Practice COE, and National Practice Group leadership to leverage the strengths of experienced practices and advanced NPG practices into their area
Qualification
Required
College degree, MBA and/or other related advanced education preferred
Demonstrated experience (5+ years) leading in the financial services industry
She/he exhibits strong leadership and has potential to move to greater leadership role
Proven track record of achieving capacity and sales growth and delivery of results to business plans
Demonstrated vision and strategic leadership skills along with strong influencing abilities
Experience with effectively leading through change; Passionate about leading on a large scale through others and leveraging systems to engage people and drive results
Talent magnet who can size up every opportunity to draw talent to where it is needed most. Demonstrated track record of attracting, selecting, and developing FAs
In-depth knowledge of advice, insurance products, asset/wealth management, fee-based planning, mutual funds, and securities
FINRA Series 7, 63/65 or 66 required or obtained within 90 days, Series 24 preferred
State securities registered and insurance licensed and appointed in all states that comprise the Advisor Group
Once FAs are assigned to this position, this position will require securities registrations, state insurance licenses and appointments in all states where FAs are conducting business and receiving commissions
Satisfactory background check and clean compliance record
Effectively able to represent the Society to its clients, lodges, and in communities
Ability to travel as needed to cover your assigned area and markets, Thrivent, and industry functions
Insurable under both the Society's applicable fidelity bond and errors and omissions coverage
Must have satisfactory Form U-4 disclosures
To effectively create and maintain culture, the job requires you to physically work in the designated Area 85% of the time
Company
Thrivent
Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously.
5001-10000 employees
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