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Summary
The Financial Planning Associate works with the Financial Advisors to gather all applicable data and prepare simple to moderate financial plans for clients and prospective clients. This position may assist branch offices in the use of MoneyGuidePro (Stifel’s online Financial Planning platform).
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Communicates with Financial Advisors to obtain all necessary information for financial plan preparation.
- Creates various levels of financial plans ranging from basic analysis to comprehensive plans using the MoneyGuidePro financial planning software.
- Complexity of plans generally ranges from the simple to moderate level.
- Works with Financial Planning Specialists to enter data needed to create financial plans.
- Mails completed financial plans to branch offices.
- Provides detailed explanation of completed financial plans to Financial Advisors.
- Assists Financial Advisors with information gathering while providing knowledge of the Wealth Planning questionnaire.
- Provides support to branches on how to properly use MoneyGuidePro as well as best practices.
- Responds to in-bound Financial Advisor and Sales Assistant phone calls.
- Works independently to accomplish all activities required to meet plan preparation deadlines.
- May develop spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and other project items as necessary.
- Serves as back-up on logging financial plans received.
- May assist with filing plans and file maintenance of financial plans.
Qualifications:
- Basic understanding of the securities industry in general and various securities products.
- General understanding of financial planning products and techniques.
- Solid and reliable mathematical skills.
- Developing knowledge of department and Firm policies/procedures and industry regulations related to financial planning business.
- Able to converse with and professionally converse with Financial Advisors and other personnel concerning financial planning subjects.
Education & Experience
- Business Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 1+ years' securities industry or related experience required.
Systems & Technology
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
About Stifel
Stifel is a more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
