Retirement Plan Solutions Consultant

Cetera Qualified Retirement Plan Sales Consultant

As a Cetera Qualified Retirement Plan Sales Consultant, you will partner with our retirement focused advisors to provide consulting support and drive sales of employer sponsored plans. You will accomplish this by developing and fostering relationships with our advisors through phone and web-based meetings, in person meetings and road shows, drawing on extensive product knowledge, industry insights, and our retirement plan resources. The consultant will be expected to provide timely, accurate and actionable guidance to advisors and their teams around practice management, opportunity consulting, program adoption, and drive new plan sales in the region. This individual will join our Cetera Workplace & Retirement team. This individual will cover the Mid-Atlantic region covering these states: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV. Candidates must be located in one of these states for proper coverage of this region.

What You Will Do:

• Sales Support and Consulting: product and solution consulting, proposal generation, assist with preparation for point-of-sale client meetings, leverage and work with product sponsor's field teams to support new sales, enrollment, ongoing education, etc.
• Retirement Plan Business Consulting: support for advisors' efforts to refine their service models, assistance with and advice on client segmentation and business efficiencies, practice manage tool optimization strategies, act as intermediary to respond to advisors' requests for new products and selling agreements, provide technical guidance or source referrals to advisors.
• Proactive Sales Campaigns: Document activity around outbound calls, scheduled meetings, virtual study groups, group webinars, etc. to promote retirement plan business growth and awareness of resources
• Fiduciary Programs: Manage the promotion of the ERISA Advice and Consulting Program and 3(38) Solution. Promote use in advisor discussions and consult with advisors on benefits for plan sponsors.
• Advisor Training and Education: Actively participate in industry conferences and seminars to remain current with retirement plan industry trends and provide insights to advisors.
• Conduct demos of tools and services for both existing and prospective advisors
• Productively work together and collaborate with internal partners such as Cetera's in-house Third-Party Administrator and Regional Growth Teams.
• Assist advisors with issue resolution

What You Need to Have:

• Experience: 7+ years with a focus in the retirement plan industry (401k, etc.)
• Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's Degree (Degree in Business, Economics, Marketing or Communications preferred)
• Designations or qualifications preferred AIF, CRPS, C(k)P or other retirement industry specific designations
• Software/System Skills: Microsoft Office (required), Salesforce.com (preferred), Fi360 Toolkit (preferred)
• Ideal candidate would have experience in an advisor facing role within a broker-dealer, DCIO asset manager, Recordkeeper, Etc.
• Travel to conferences and advisor locations for site visits (up to 50%)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Positive, customer focused attitude and demeanor with a desire to provide outstanding service.
• Work well in groups and have good problem-solving skills.

Compensation:

The base salary range for this role is $76,000-$100,000, plus a competitive performance-based bonus. Base salary depends on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and location. Salary range may also differ significantly due to geography and cost of labor considerations.

About Us

What we give you in return:

Not many teams can say that they support people's dreams coming to life. We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there's a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:

• Inclusive health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
• Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
• 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
• 401(k) savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
• Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and fostering.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
• Paid caregiver leave to provide time away from work when caring for an ill or recovering family member.
• Additional benefits such as an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), identity theft protection (LifeLock), pet insurance, and other voluntary benefits to provide extra peace of mind

About Cetera

Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers and registered investment advisers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families, and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.

Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.

Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a network of independent retail firms, including those that are members of FINRA/SIPC: Cetera Advisors LLC; Cetera Wealth Services, LLC (formerly known as Cetera Advisor Networks); Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions or Cetera Investors); and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC. Entities registered as investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission include Cetera Investment Management LLC and Cetera Investment Advisers LLC. Cetera's principal office is located at 655 W. Broadway, 11th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101. Avantax Planning Partners, Inc. is an SEC registered investment adviser within the Aretec Group, Inc. (dba Cetera Holdings, an affiliate of Cetera). All the referenced entities are under common ownership.

Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.

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