Position: Wealth Planning Associate

Location: Des Moines, IA

Status: Full-time, in office

Compensation: $85,000 - $100,000

We are an independent wealth management firm proudly based in Des Moines, Iowa. With more than 40 years of combined experience in financial planning, we build truly holistic plans for our clients which combine investment management, tax planning, trust and estate planning, and insurance analysis. Our team’s commitment to our core values – compassion, accountability, simplicity, transparency, and flexibility – forms the bedrock of our practice. We believe that there is no higher honor than safeguarding our clients’ financial futures through sound, no-nonsense planning that is driven by their unique goals and needs.

We’re elated to share an opportunity for a new Wealth Planning Associate to join our growing team. As a Wealth Planning Associate, you will serve as the right hand to one of our founding advisors in virtually every step of the client service and planning process. This includes helping to onboard new clients, answering client questions, scheduling clients, ensuring completion and accuracy of forms and files, helping to prepare the advisor for new client meetings, taking notes during client planning reviews, entering data into our planning software, and tracking successful execution of every step of the service and planning process. This role offers an excellent opportunity to learn directly beside an experienced advisor and a clear path for growth based on performance.

The ideal candidate is a natural team player with exceptional communication skills, a great sense of time management, a refined attention to detail, the drive to complete tasks independently, and a proactive, client-first attitude. While advanced knowledge of financial planning topics is nice to have, basic knowledge and experience in the wealth management space is sufficient to start. We offer competitive compensation, clear growth potential, health insurance, unlimited PTO, a Safe Harbor 401(K) plan, and free underground parking.

The attributes that we look for in teammates include:

• Sincere commitment to earning each client’s trust by doing what’s best for them
• Exceptional listening and communication skills
• Desire to continuously learn and master the details of the financial planning function and process
• Humility and high responsiveness toward client needs
• Natural self-starter with strong sense of time management and task prioritization
• Careful attention to detail
• Firm commitment to compliance and operational excellence
• Ability to work autonomously within an area of responsibility, as well as collaboratively to contribute to the overall client experience
• Flexibility and openness to work on assignments with people across the firm
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, quickly connecting with others to build relationships within the firm and across our client base
• Superior writing skills for all forms of client communication
• Desire to be a long-term contributing member of the team
• A long view of the opportunities presented by the firm and the industry overall

As a Wealth Planning Associate, you can expect to:

• Prepare advisors for meetings with clients, create formal or informal meeting agendas, record notes of client meetings, review meeting summaries, assign and complete follow- up tasks, generate reports, and ensure ongoing accuracy of clients’ plans and data
• Provide concierge-level service to clients
• Place trades and perform money movements
• Provide ongoing support to the firm’s senior advisors
• Develop client deliverables and reports in a timely, accurate, and informative manner
• Input notes and updates into CRM and planning system
• Delegate tasks back to advisors or third parties as needed
• Manage prospective client pipeline for senior advisors
• Stay current on trends in the financial planning space

Qualifications for this role include:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the financial planning industry, with 2 year in a Paraplanner, Associate Advisor, or other planning support role
• Client facing experience
• Series 66, Series 65, or CFP required (any additional designations preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required
• Life and health insurance licenses preferred or willingness to obtain within 12 months of hiring
• Outstanding attention to detail and communication skills
• Ability to be effective and productive while working independently
• Strong desire to learn and build a career
• Demonstrated job stability

We welcome a diverse pool of applicants from various backgrounds and urge you to apply to learn more about what our firm offers and see if it might be an attractive fit for both us and you. We look forward to meeting you!