Team Financial Advisor

Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance. Merrill's Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Client Associates help clients pursue the life they envision through a personal relationship with their advisory team committed to their needs.

We believe trust comes from transparency. Our trusted advisory teams are equipped with access to the investment insights of Merrill coupled with the banking convenience of Bank of America. Merrill is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Merrill, we empower you to bring your whole self to work. We value the unique perspectives in our thoughts, business, and within our employees and clients. Our Wealth Management team represents an array of different skills and experiences that individuals bring from all backgrounds and careers; whether gained through military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences.

These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

The Merrill Wealth Management Team Financial Advisor (TFA) engages in:

• Developing a book of business in order to meet and exceed the required performance hurdles
• Effectively sourcing prospective clients, capitalizing on referrals, assessing customer needs, referring customers to the appropriate service provider, and executing highly customized solutions to meet the customer needs
• Recommending investment products and services that are suitable for prospects and clients based on their objectives, resources, time horizon, risk profile and preferences
• Balancing investment growth, referral activities, customer follow up, prospect building, administrative compliance and personal growth and development according to both a day-to-day and longer-term plan
• Planning and managing resources (time, people, budget) to run a productive practice
• Seeking the expertise of specialists, where appropriate, to identify planning and investment strategies for a client
• Establishing and maintaining relationship with the management team and informing management of any circumstances that require supervisory attention/review/approval as per compliance guidelines and policies
• Completing mandated training, assessments, performance goals and continuing education requirements

The TFA engages in all of the above activities with the support and mentorship of a Financial Advisor Team.

The strength and name recognition of Merrill and Bank of America.

World class training throughout their career with Merrill Wealth Management

State of the art software programs to assist in your success

Access to a full array of investment and banking products for your clients

Coaches or mentors located within your office to work with you towards your success

The Team Financial Advisor Development Program is designed for individuals ready to make a career transition and follow their passion of becoming a Financial Advisor. Successful candidates have at least three years of full time sales experience in ever more challenging environments. The sales experience should include the successful use of outbound sales techniques to exceed sales goals. Financial acumen gained through work experience is ideal.

A Team Financial Advisor (TFA) must acquire clients through personalized marketing techniques to meet minimum performance hurdles.

A TFA is required to obtain necessary licensing and registrations (Series 7 and Series 66 and Insurance).

A TFA is required to complete the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Investment Planning Course and the Financial Planning course.

A TFA must successfully complete ongoing Developmental Assessments throughout the training. In…