Financial Advisor

Build a Business. Create Your Future.

Looking for more than your next job? Join Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Advisor and build a long-term career helping individuals, families, and business owners achieve financial security—while growing a business of your own.

Many successful advisors come from sales, business development, banking, education, hospitality, recruiting, healthcare, military, and other relationship-focused careers. If you're motivated, coachable, and enjoy building relationships, we'll provide the training, mentorship, and licensing support to help you succeed.

• Build relationships through your network and local community
• Understand clients' financial goals
• Develop personalized financial plans
• Provide guidance on insurance, investments, retirement, and wealth planning
• Grow and manage your own client practice

• Comprehensive onboarding and training
• One-on-one mentorship and ongoing coaching
• Licensing support and reimbursement for your first four licenses
• Industry-leading planning tools and technology
• Continuous professional development

• Entrepreneurial and self‑motivated
• Strong relationship builders
• Coachable and goal‑oriented
• Passionate about helping others
• Interested in building a long‑term business

This is an entrepreneurial opportunity with performance-based earnings and long-term income potential. Eligible advisors may receive:

• Up to $36,000 in first-year onboarding support
• Performance-based commissions
• Renewal (residual) income
• Bonus opportunities
• Licensing reimbursement and expense allowances

Approximately $101,265 annually, with significant long-term growth potential.

Eligible advisors receive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement and pension benefits, parental benefits, and ongoing professional development.

Based in our Lombard, IL office, this role offers mentorship and collaboration as you build your practice, with increasing flexibility as your business grows.

For over 165 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped advisors build successful businesses while making a meaningful impact in their communities. If you're looking for an entrepreneurial career with unlimited growth potential, we'd love to hear from you.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have U.S. residency at the time of application.

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