Investment Executive (Financial Advisor) Columbia, SC **EXPANSION MARKET**
General Function
Accountable for overall production, coaching, training, and developing a team of licensed retail bankers. May handle large book of clients with more complex financial profiles.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Achieving sales goals while serving the clients' best interests.
- Plan and conduct individual and group coaching sessions with retail bank employees.
- Develop and conduct client meetings to review existing accounts and close sales individually and jointly with licensed bankers.
- Handle daily client needs and problems and prioritize and delegate tasks to resolve.
- Post-appointment follow-up to maintain relationships and develop referrals from existing client base.
- Manage sales planning for self and for team to drive sales, and achieve designated goals, client experience and financial results.
- Maintain comprehensive knowledge of all financial products through self-study, periodicals, and appropriate coursework.
- Able to delegate tasks and follow-through.
- Prepare necessary internal reports for sales tracking.
- Coincide with team on daily basis to insure accurate completion of accountabilities.
- Conduct internal and external seminars to focus on business development and growth.
- Prioritize client needs and introduce services of other Fifth Third Bank employees, i.e. loans, estate planning, deposits.
- Serves as a coach and mentor for licensed bank employees.
- Thoroughly organize, share and prepare licensed bankers with tools and skills needed to be successful.
- Guide and promote progress toward established goals for team.
- Recognize and reward achievement of goals.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required
- Prior Brokerage Industry Experience.
- Series 7, 66 (or 63 and 65) and appropriate state required insurance licenses (exception: 7 and 63 in Michigan and Ohio).
- Variable Annuity license is required.
- Motivated by commission sales, recognition programs, and internal sales competition among co-workers.
- Ability to motivate others in a team environment.
- Ability to transfer knowledge through highly developed coaching and teaching skills, can relay complex products and processes.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify and communicate complex financial concepts.
- Proven experience in building strong internal and external client relationships.
- Highly developed knowledge of the securities business, investment products and financial solutions.
- Highly developed sales and presentation skills.
- Travel required within assigned territory.
Compensation
Compensation for this position is largely incentive-based. Incentive compensation is combined with either a base salary or a draw to determine total cash compensation, and incentive compensation is based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.
Benefits
Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.
Location
Chapin, South Carolina 29036