Associate Advisor - Seattle

Ready to make a meaningful impact?

At Brighton Jones, we're a purpose-drive, client-focused team committed to helping individuals live richer lives. As one of the largest RIAs in the nation, we've built a culture of continuous growth, collaboration, and community-recognized with 15 consecutive "Best Places to Work" awards including 's 2025 list, as well as national honors for community impact.

We lead the industry in aligning wealth, passion, and purpose to help our clients thrive. With over $30 billion in assets under advisement, 300+ teammates nationwide, and a dynamic, team-based approach, we're growing fast-and we're looking for driven, curious individuals to join our #One Team.

We are looking for our next Associate Advisor. In this role, Associate Advisors are responsible for managing the day-to-day responsibilities, priorities and workload of their client service teams. This includes providing analytical, operational, and administrative support for the acquisition, implementation, and ongoing retention of clients.

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Your Role:

• Manage the day-to-day responsibilities, priorities and workload of their client service teams. This includes providing analytical, operational, and administrative support for the acquisition, implementation, and ongoing retention of clients
• Timely execution of intra-day requests with strict time frames such as trades, wire requests, and journals. Responsible for initiating requests, review, and approval. Ensures completion within specified time frames and provides thorough communication to client throughout the process.
• Primary point of contact for custodians around all operational and tactical service matters
• Gather, organize, and input client data into the CRM (Salesforce); manage data accuracy and integrity and keep records current
• Act as the point person for all client service team inquiries; work with team members to ensure all action items are moved forward and completed
• Work with the team to craft client meeting agenda and prepare deliverables to be presented; analyzes client data and develops strategies; occasionally attends client meetings; ensures all client related action items are communicated and memorialized in the CRM
• Prepare all standard deliverables related to the delivery of wealth management advice based on input from team members.
• Review current client portfolios and makes investment recommendations in consultation with the team regarding changes based on both asset allocation and location; considers both strategic and tactical allocation opportunities to improve return and reduce volatility
• Provide spreadsheet analysis on an ad-hoc basis for more advanced financial topics and other specialty requests such as tax-loss harvesting, stock option, and restricted stock inventories, and other wealth transfer strategies; maintains all record-keeping related to these activities, including cost basis and other position data via portfolio management software
• Work with Tax, Investments and Estate Planning to determine additional levels of detail required for the client's situation
• Manages tax coordination and execution for clients' personal and trust accounts.
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Your Experience:

• 2 - 4 years of experience in financial planning, wealth management or a related industry preferred; expected to be current with industry trends, terminology and concepts
• Undergraduate degree required
• Series 65 or equivalent required within first 120 days of employment
• Interest in or currently pursuing the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®)
• Baseline proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products (Word, Excel, Windows) required; expected to learn other position-related systems on the job
• Organizational - handle multiple client relationships with contending priorities and coordinate team member resources most effectively
• Delegation - increase capacity by managing and delegating tasks to the right level, ensure accurate and timely completion
• Presentation - present complex concepts and ideas in a professional, persuasive and easily comprehendible way to clients, in written and verbal form
• This role is an in-office, full-time, and exempt…