Guided Pathways Financial Consultant

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Job description

Description

***Position is 100% Remote and can be located anywhere in Continental U.S.***

Reach Your Peak with MissionSquare Retirement, a FINANCIAL SERVICES LEADER in public sector employee retirement products and services. Headquartered in Washington, DC, our Financial Services corporation administers over $50 billion in retirement plan assets for more than one million participant accounts. We are constantly looking for ways to create new opportunities to serve our participants. We have an extraordinary talent base and invite you to consider joining MissionSquare Retirement's Revenue & Sales Team.

Guided Pathways Services Financial Consultants consult directly with MissionSquare Retirement participants via telephone to deliver personalized investment solutions consistent with our mission of building public sector retirement security. This sales-oriented role requires inbound and outbound calls engaging participants in exploratory conversations that identify retirement savings needs and work toward providing appropriate retirement security solutions. Retirement security solutions include new business opportunities such as enrollment in Managed Accounts, attracting/ consolidating rollover of outside assets, and retention of existing participant accounts

Essential Functions for this role include:

• Empathize with participants and find opportunities to expand their engagement with MissionSquare Retirement, focused on the participant taking action that will lead to the successful replacement of their monthly income need in retirement.
• When appropriate and in the plan participant's best interest, maximize the use of MissionSquare Retirement's products and services to include Managed Accounts through Morningstar Investment Management.
• Provide subject matter expertise and in-depth knowledge of the Managed Accounts product and methodology.
• Successfully persuade people to take action to improve their retirement readiness.
• Identify and execute a defined strategy leading to new business growth opportunities to include the consolidation/ roll-in of eligible participant assets while retaining current participant accounts and assets.
• Achieve established metrics for the role; which may include but not limited to increasing the participant's overall diversification and wealth accumulation.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule of hours Monday through Friday (no weekends), between the hours of 8:30am-9pm ET. Preferred shift will be 10:30am-7pm.
• Follow practical application of all compliance, regulatory, and company policies and guidelines.

If you have the following credentials, we encourage you to apply:

• 3 years of customer contact experience in a sales or call center environment to include frequent (e.g., daily) communications with customers via telephone, e-mail and/or face-to-face preferably in the financial services arena.
• Series 65 License
• Experience cross selling or up-selling products.
• Strong oral communications, business writing and interpersonal skills
• Ability to provide financial guidance and advice using sound investment practices
• Strong knowledge of retirement plan products and regulatory guidelines
• Strong working knowledge of MissionSquare Retirement's products
• Ability to connect with participants via the phone and provide a quality customer service experience.
• Driven to not only meet, but exceed all organizational goals and objectives.
• Ability to apply industry and corporate knowledge to handle all but the most complex problems independently.
• Actively anticipates change and directs or redirects efforts accordingly
• Proactively seeks ways to improve operations.
• Experienced and comfortable with cold calling.
• Experienced and comfortable with public speaking.

Positions at this location require a COVID-19 vaccination. Offers of employment are conditioned upon the successful candidate providing proper proof of vaccination status prior to employment and pursuant to applicable law.

For your well-being, we offer a solid compensation and benefits package that features a competitive salary, a straight-forward incentive plan that rewards results, and a 401(k) Plan. For your career, we offer tuition reimbursement, professional development courses, seminars, career enrichment assignments, mentoring programs and a record of enterprise growth that creates continuing opportunities for career advancement. Consider MissionSquare Retirement and respond in strictest confidence. MissionSquare Retirement is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in the workplace. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. We look forward to hearing from you.