SageSpring Wealth Partners · 3 hours ago
Financial Advisor Apprentice
Knoxville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
New GradSageSpring Wealth Partners is seeing an eager Financial Advisor Apprentice to learn from their Knoxville-based financial advisory team. The role involves completing a two-year Apprenticeship Training Program under a senior level Advisor, gaining skills in various aspects of financial services including planning, prospecting, and client care.
Financial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
Responsibilities
Apprentices should be exposed to, learn, and practice the following competencies:
Administrative work: ability to open accounts, facilitate paperwork, reporting, etc
Financial planning work: Goal Planning & Monitoring, agendas, outlines, notes, tax strategies, etc
Phone skills: cold calls, warm calls, reminder/event calls, services calls
Practice management skills: meeting prep, meeting follow up, service items
Prospecting/marketing skills: tracking leads, pipelines, Conflicts of Interest, gifts, events, content
Meeting skills: observing meetings, co-running meetings, solo running meetings both review meetings and initial meetings
Sales skills: intro, close, answer common objections, get referrals
Business skills: understand how production works, how to grow a practice
Apprentice will shadow almost all team lead client/prospect meetings
Apprentice will solo run meetings with SmartVester Pro leads, even if below team minimum
Apprentice will solo run review meetings with some clients in team book of business
Expectations that solo meetings often do not start until around the 6–12-month mark
Apprentice should graduate with at least 60 solo meetings complete
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field
Series 65 must be completed within the first 3 months of employment
Experience in related technology, software planning tools and presentations
Extensive analytical and problem-solving ability
Knowledge of investment concepts, practices, products, financial markets and procedures used in the securities industry
General office practices, procedures, and methods
MS Excel, Word, Outlook, and Power Point proficiency
Ability to work in a traditional professional office setting or remote equivalent
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Ability to effectively operate computer equipment
Work schedule may vary and is determined by project schedules
Ability to efficiently operate all job-related office equipment
Ability to communicate via telephone / computer and work in virtual teams
Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time
Preferred
CFP® designation earned within 2 years of employment
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401K
Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Paid Vacation and Holidays
Company
SageSpring Wealth Partners
SageSpring Wealth Partners offers wealth management, advice, consulting, estate, and retirement planning services.
Founded in 2002
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$5.74M2022-02-23Series Unknown· $5.74M
Leadership Team
Brian Harding
Chief Financial Officer
Brad Bowlin
Chief Growth Officer
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