Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate studies in business, finance, communications or liberal arts preferred.
License/Certification/Designation: FINRA Series 6 or 7, Series 63, State Life/Annuity Insurance Agent licenses required. CLU, ChFC, FLMI, CFP, ASPPA designations preferred. Associates must acquire the required Federal and/or state licenses/registrations within the time period designated by the business unit. Additional licenses/registrations may be required when new products and services are implemented. If an associate fails to acquire required licenses/registrations within the designated time period, the associate will be ineligible to continue in the position.
Experience: Five years internal or external wholesaling experience of financial service products through broker dealer firms.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: College-level mathematics, finance, statistics, economics, economics and investment management theories/practices.
Very strong interpersonal and written skills to effectively interact directly with company officers, top brokers, home office and outside business partners. Excellent group presentation skills for audiences of company owners, officers, principals, executive boards and financial intermediaries up to 200 people. Ability to effectively teach state continuing education courses to industry professionals. Basic Microsoft office usage skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Seibel CRM. Excellent time management and organizational skills required to manage statewide sales activities and multiple sales/distribution relationships (independent administrators and financial intermediaries).
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.