Financial Advisor
Responsibilities
Grow your client base by making new connections, maintaining a strong referral network, and providing a great client experience.
Build personalized, holistic financial plans tailored to every client’s unique needs.
Manage your client’s financial plans to help them achieve their goals.
Grow relationships with clients to support them through every stage of life.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Entrepreneurial ambitions to be a business owner
- History of success in relationship-building or client-facing roles
- Excellent time-management skills
- Desire for continuous learning and collaboration
- Proficient critical thinking skills
- Strong communicator
- Strong sense of motivation and drive
Benefits
No level of income is guaranteed. As used here, “revenue” includes exclusively First Year and Renewal Commissions, Bonuses, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company commissions and fees, Strategic Employee Benefits Services commissions, and Expense Allowances.
Data uses average revenue from 2018-2023; included revenue was positive and not equal to 0 and earned by full time, active Financial Representatives producing for the entire year each of the years data was used.
First year range is $271.73 - $2,923,976.22. Source: Northwestern Mutual, 2024
Pay
Performance-based earnings and revenue
Average advisor annual earnings of $61K-$119K (based on 2018-2023 company average for representatives in the first 3 years)
Top 25% advisor annual earnings of $137K-$250K (based on 2018-2023 company data for top quartile advisors in the first 3 years)
Schedule
No specific schedule is provided; however, as a business owner, you can shape your workday around your life.
Requirements
Legal authorization to work in the US without sponsorship
Skills
Commensurate with experience
About the role
Becoming a financial advisor at Northwestern Mutual is a unique opportunity to start a business where you can help your clients achieve their goals through financial planning.
We believe there’s more than one way to start, build, and grow your practice. As an entrepreneur, you can build your business in a way that aligns with your long-term vision and goals like opening an office, joining a sophisticated team, or becoming an advanced advisor.