Financial Planner - Lead

Position: Financial Planner - Lead

Location: Buffalo Grove, IL

 Duration: Full Time/Permanent

Skills: Very strong Microsoft Excel experience and familiarity Highly detail-oriented and accurate Must be capable of multi-tasking and tracking multiple items/projects at the same time Friendly, outgoing, and able to build and maintain strong relationships and A Series 65 or 66 are required, along with a minimum of three years of experience working directly with clients as a Financial Planner.

Job Description:

Your role as a Lead Planner / Service Advisor will require you to handle a wide range of financial planning responsibilities as well as maintaining trusting, supportive, and strong relationships with the client base.

Each Service Advisor works closely as a member of our team-based “pod” structure managed by our Lead Advisors. The Lead Advisor’s role is to find and source new advisory clients to work with SGL Financial. Upon onboarding, they are transitioned to the Lead Planner / Service Advisor.

The Service Advisor is primarily a non-sales role which provides day-to-day financial planning support for clients and manages the follow-up of client meetings and relationships. However, there will also be new sales opportunities for the Service Advisor with existing clients, such as additional assets and cross-sale opportunities.

Utilizing our exclusive and proprietary planning software, you will assist with data input and development of comprehensive retirement plans and assist the Lead Advisor and the team’s clients with a broad range of other financial planning needs and calculations.

Day-to-Day Job Function:

• Serve as the main point of contact for all assigned clients in our Holistic Wealth Management division.
• Service all client needs, requests, questions, and updates
• Prepare comprehensive financial plan recommendations
• Prepare and develop robust retirement income plans and retirement plan tracking
• Prepare investment portfolio summaries and asset allocation analyses
• Meet regularly with clients to establish trusting, supportive relationships
• Prepare and analyze various financial planning reports
• Utilize tax planning software to assess client tax situations and tax strategies
• Run, review, and compare various illustrations for annuities, life insurance and long-term care (LTC) to find the best options for clients
• Oversee preparation of various one-off analysis requests
• Handle a variety of other financial planning related analyses and services as needed
• Collaborate with team members and advisors on client cases
• Conduct regular client reviews according to their assigned Service Model
• Proactively check-in with clients throughout the year to ensure all client needs are met

What we seek in a candidate:

• 3+ years of experience working with clients as a Financial Planner required
• Series 65 or Series 66 license required
• CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ preferred
• CFP is a designation requirement to be obtained within 2 years from hire date
• Life Insurance license preferred
• Life insurance license must be obtained within 6 months from hire date
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Strong passion for financial and retirement planning
• Enjoys working with numbers, spreadsheets and planning analysis
• Very strong Microsoft Excel experience and familiarity
• Highly detail-oriented and accurate
• Must be capable of multi-tasking and tracking multiple items/projects at the same time

Friendly, outgoing, and able to build and maintain strong relationships