Senior Wealth Planning Associate

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and present comprehensive wealth management analysis reports including retirement planning, tax projections, education funding, insurance and estate planning analysis for Financial Consultants and their clients.
• Discuss client goals and objectives with Financial Consultants to determine which proposal, projection, or analysis should be prepared, reviewed, and delivered.
• Offer recommendations to Financial Consultants when no clear objectives are present.
• Conduct research as needed for Financial Consultants, including but not limited to, complex financial, tax, and/or estate planning questions and personal finance topics.
• Educate Financial Consultants on the benefits of the Wealth Management group through individual or group meetings, including branch visits and conference calls.
• Track all open cases as well as assets and business generated from successful cases.
• Maintain current working knowledge of industry changes and regulations of interest to Private Client Group, Stephens Inc. employees, and/or clients.
• Provide support to the department for special projects or other tasks as assigned by management.
• Proactively develop self to continuously improve knowledge, skills, and credentials.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years of related experience or training
• An equivalent combination of education, training, or experience
• Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• CPA, CFP® or similar designation required
• Required to obtain the following registrations within 12 months of employment:
• SIE – Securities Industry Essentials
• Series 7 – General Securities Representative
• Series 63 - State Law Exam or Series 66 – Combined State Law
• Insurance License (Life & Health, Long Term Care)