Associate Financial Advisor

Associate Financial Advisor (AFA)

Summitry is a Bay Area wealth management firm with $2B in assets, 40+ employees and over 1000 clients, offering personalized financial planning and investment strategies rooted in local insight. Join an innovative and collaborative team focused on being the most admirable advisory firm helping families thrive through the unique set of opportunities and challenges posed by life in the Bay Area.

Position Description

Reports to: Emily Hazelroth, Senior Financial Advisor & Advisor Manager

Benefits: Yes

Date: Immediately

Status: Full Time/Exempt

Work environment: Hybrid (50%/month)

Job Summary

The Associate Financial Advisor (AFA) is responsible for leading client relationships and supporting Financial Advisors in serving our existing clients. An AFA must have strong interpersonal and critical-thinking skills and work well within and across teams. A qualified candidate is a clear communicator, detail-oriented, organized, has a high degree of follow-through, handles multiple tasks efficiently and thrives in a fast-paced working environment. This is a great opportunity for a candidate with 2 years of advisory/client relationship experience. This position would support a growth track towards becoming a Financial Advisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build, deepen, and retain client relationships (generally relationships with under $1M in managed assets) by providing high-quality client experience in all interactions (i.e., client service calls, meetings and financial planning) and logging notes/information accurately in CRM
• Provide support to Financial Advisors in their work with our larger clients:
  • Pre-client meeting: prepare client meeting agendas and client portfolio presentations, review open CRM tasks, financial planning checklists, tax planning support, etc.
  • Participate in client meetings to develop skills on the path to becoming a Financial Advisor (i.e., running financial planning software)
  • Post-client meeting tasks: referral communications to our Estate Planning partner and assist with trust and estate documentation, tax-planning software updates and uploads, following up on information/documentation as needed
  • Contribute to the Business Development proposal process (build initial financial plan after prospect meeting)
  • Perform special projects/research as needed related to the client’s financial plan/recommendations (i.e. RSU spreadsheets)
• Seek to grow relationships by drawing additional client assets for management
• Seek to generate referrals from existing clients
• Update financial plans for AFA’s existing clients using financial planning software – note: financial planning is not part of the core offer for our