Financial Planner
Blue Trust · Bothell, WA · 4 wk ago
Finance$70/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if present. The posting includes description about Blue Trust (company overview) and Position Overview, Principal Accountabilities (responsibilities), Requirements (Qualifications, Education, Experience & Skills, Certifications, Travel Requirements), Why Join Blue Trust (benefits? maybe culture). No explicit Pay, Schedule, Benefits sections. Benefits maybe implied in "Why Join Blue Trust?" but not explicit benefits like health insurance etc. According to rules: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading with filler. So we should not create Benefits unless specific benefits listed. There's no explicit benefits. So we may omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need headings: About the role (maybe from Position Overview?), Responsibilities (Principal Accountabilities), Requirements (maybe combine Qualifications and Education etc), Qualifications (maybe separate?), Skills (maybe separate?). The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include those headings that have content.
We need to decide what goes where.
About the role: could be Position Overview paragraph.
Responsibilities: Principal Accountabilities bullet list.
Requirements: maybe general requirements like "Demonstrated in-depth knowledge..." etc.
Qualifications: Education, Experience & Skills, Certifications etc.
Skills: maybe list of skills like technical, analytical, communication, etc. But we already have skills in qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to follow typical structure: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. But we can combine.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from posting.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO line at end ("Blue Trust is an equal opportunity employer.") remove.
Also remove cookie/navigation/legal etc none present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract content.
Company description: "About Blue Trust For more than 45 years, Blue Trust advisors have applied biblical wisdom and technical expertise to help clients make wise financial decisions to experience clarity and confidence and leave a lasting legacy. With nearly $70 billion in assets under advisement, over 460 team members and a nationwide network of 20 offices, we offer comprehensive wealth management and trust services to more than 11,500 clients in all 50 states. (as of 6/30/2026 and subject to change)."
Position Overview: "The Financial Planner communicates effectively with clients and co-workers, analyzes confidential client information, and integrates biblical principles into customized financial plans to help clients and their families achieve their goals."
Principal Accountabilities: list of duties.
Let's extract each bullet:
- Prepares customized financial plans in a manner that is tailored to the needs of the clients and consistent with the team leader’s goals and preferences.
- Utilizing input from the client, prepares customized financial plan that incorporates client information and is consistent with client goals.
- Develops high quality, accurate, attractive, and professional reports and presentations that reflect and incorporate Blue Trust’s financial planning philosophy and principles into the client recommendations.
- Provides cash flow analysis including bonus payments and stock option planning.
- Assesses gifting opportunities of cash, securities, or other property.
- Assists with tax planning to estimate tax withholding settings or quarterly tax payments, plans for cash, securities or other property gifting opportunities, bonus payments, and stock option planning.
- Prepares recommendations for clients utilizing planning expertise and knowledge of client’s goals and circumstances, integrating Biblical principles and wisdom into the financial recommendations in a manner consistent with Blue Trust’s financial planning philosophy.
- Exhibits technical knowledge and competency in cash flow planning, tax and charitable gift planning, education funding, debt management, retirement, insurance, and estate planning.
- Adept at utilizing Planning software deployed within the Division.
- Initiates investment transactions in accordance with instructions from the Advisor.
- Implements investment transactions utilizing company’s trading software.
- Performs other investment management tasks such as tax loss harvesting, account rebalancing, and account reviews.
- Supports (Sr.) Financial Advisor or Managing Director with client meetings and other interactions including such things as:
- Ensures all materials and financial plans are in good order in advance of scheduled meeting.
- Records meeting notes.
- Prepares follow-up letters for clients, demonstrating solid professional business-writing skills.
- Handles follow up on action items as appropriate.
- Effectively responds to client and outside vendor inquiries or needs as required.
- Appropriately manages multiple priorities and strives to support the relationship building and investment management activities of Advisors through applied technical skills and knowledge of the financial planning process, including plan delivery and on-going coordination of client affairs.
- Strives to grow and develop appropriate skillset to enhance contribution to client relationships including such things as:
- Actively pursues CFP® or other similar professional designation to enhance financial planning or advisory skillset and knowledge.
- Seeks to continually increase knowledge of the financial planning philosophy and biblical principles upon which Blue Trust serves its client base through learning associated scripture memory verses to integrate Blue Trust’s philosophy into client counsel and services.
- Approaches work, interactions, and relationships in a manner consistent with the company’s Core Values.
- Demonstrates competence in general business skills and pursues general mastery of appropriate technical and leadership skills to support team and client needs, as well as long-term career growth.
- Demonstrates computer literacy and knowledge of specialized office programs and competency in utilizing software applications that are company specific, e.g. eMoney, Salesforce (CRM), Orion, etc.)
- Maintains the highest Compliance standards by adhering to the company’s Human Resources guidelines, Compliance policies, professional designation standards, and our industry's regulatory standards to mitigate risk to the company.
Requirements Qualifications: list:
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of those portions of both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible with scriptural references to money and finances, and ability to apply and integrate this knowledge into all phases of client counsel.
- Proven technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong general knowledge of financial planning and investment management.
- Strong business mathematical skills and keen attention to detail.
- Personal integrity and ability to discreetly handle confidential data.
- Ability to prioritize and complete multiple time-sensitive tasks.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to excel in a team environment.
- Aptitude and passion for learning.
- Desire to serve clients and co-workers with excellence.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with a high level of expertise in MS Excel.
Education, Experience & Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or financial planning is required.
- Minimum of three (3) years' prior financial planning and/or financial service experience is preferred.
- Certifications, Licenses and Registrations: Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation(s) are preferred.
- Additional education and credentials are a plus, such as a Master of Financial Planning, MBA, or ChFC.
Travel Requirements:
- Travel demands depend upon client base in assigned territory and may include occasional travel by car, air, or other reasonable means of transportation, to ensure clients are served in a manner consistent with Division’s client service model.
Why Join Blue Trust?:
- At Blue Trust, you’ll join a team of inspiring leaders and become part of a vibrant culture that is focused on impacting the lives of our clients for generations to come.
- If you’re ready to take on a challenging, rewarding role in a company that values excellence and eternal impact, we’d love to hear from you!
We need to omit application instructions (none). Also remove EEO line.
Now decide sections.
About the role: could combine company description and position overview? Probably About the role: Position Overview paragraph.
Responsibilities: Principal Accountabilities (list).
Requirements: maybe the bullet list under "Requirements Qualifications:" (the first set). Could be Requirements.
Qualifications: Education, Experience & Skills, Certifications etc.
Skills: maybe the specific skills like proficiency in MS Office, technical, analytical, etc. But we already have those in Requirements. Might be redundant but we can still create a Skills section listing e.g., technical, analytical, problem-solving, communication, teamwork, learning aptitude, integrity, etc. However we must not invent or summarize away detail; we can list the specific items from the Requirements Qualifications as skills. But they are already there. To avoid duplication, maybe we put Requirements as the list of qualifications (knowledge, skills, abilities) and Qualifications as education/experience/certifications. Skills could be omitted if no distinct content beyond those. But we need to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But headings are suggested; we can include both if they have distinct content.
Let's define:
- About the role: Position Overview paragraph (maybe also include company description? The company description is about Blue Trust, not the role. Could be included in About the role as context. But the instruction: About the role heading for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). So we can put the company description and position overview under About the role.
- Responsibilities: Principal Accountabilities list.
- Requirements: the bullet list under "Requirements Qualifications:" (knowledge, skills, abilities).
- Qualifications: Education, Experience & Skills, Certifications, Travel Requirements? Travel maybe separate but could be part of Qualifications? Travel is not a qualification but a requirement. Could be included in Requirements as well. But we have Travel Requirements separate; maybe we can include under Requirements as a bullet.
- Skills: maybe we can omit if no distinct content beyond those already captured. But we could create a Skills section listing technical skills like MS Office expertise, planning software, etc. However those are already in Requirements. To avoid duplication, maybe we skip Skills.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not present, omit.
Thus output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's check if any info omitted: company description, position overview, responsibilities list, requirements list (knowledge, skills, abilities), education/experience, certifications, travel requirements, why join blue trust (culture). The "Why Join Blue Trust?" is not captured in any section. It's a motivational paragraph about culture. Could be placed under Benefits? But benefits not present. Could be under About the role? Or maybe we create a section "Why Join Blue Trust?" but not in allowed headings. The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use