Financial Representative

Choose a career where changing someone else’s life for the better is also life‑changing for you – personally, professionally, and financially.

Are you ready to change your life and the lives of your clients? Apply now!

Financial Representatives at Northwestern Mutual help their clients live more and worry less through our personalized approach to financial planning. As a business owner, they spend their days acquiring clientele and finding financial solutions with help from our industry‑leading training, mentors, and products. Discover your earning potential, craft a workday around your life, and make an impact every day. Here, hard work pays off.

Our award‑winning training equips you with the education, skill‑building, and development strategies you need to be successful and confident in this career. With additional access to nationwide mentors and leaders, we will surround you with resources to help in your financial expertise, including but not limited to:

• Personal Planning Analysis
• Asset & Income Protection
• Education Funding
• Investment & Advisory Services
• Trust Services
• Retirement Solutions
• Business Needs Analysis

• Build
  —Work to build a client base by growing relationships with your network and develop knowledge of NM financial products and market trends.
• Educate
  —Educate yourself beyond training through sponsored licensing and registration as well as ongoing development. Use assistive software, reporting tools, and illustrations to educate clients on potential plans.
• Influence
  — Presenting clients with the opportunity to protect and prosper, you will drive clients to action through expert influence and recommendations.
• Own
  —Take ownership of development and management of the business as you master your craft and build a team. Review and maintain client financial plans, continuing to provide optimum advice for your clients’ needs.

For over 168 years, we have helped our clients spend their lives living through comprehensive and innovative financial planning. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with personalized digital experience and industry‑leading products to give our clients the ability to successfully navigate their financial lives.

Our tailored approach includes multiple financial strategies—insurance, investments, and annuities—built to reinforce each other, keeping our clients consistently on track to meet goal after goal. We lead with unmatched financial strength and access to the best products and services for our clients.

Our Financial Representatives are valued partners, and proud business owners. We value an inclusive and belonging environment where everyone’s different viewpoints bring new successes!

• 4-year degree; or equivalent professional work experience
• History of success in sales, athletics, military, client services, or client‑facing roles
• Desire for continuous learning
• Legal authorization to work in the US without sponsorship

Production Based + Bonus Potential

Average vs Top 10%

Year 1‑5 | $113,416 - $244,840

Year 5+ | $582,954 - $2,455,935

Overall Advisor Productions| $432,461- $2,189,563

• Commission structure to support early development
• Competitive grid rates
• Production‑based compensation
• Renewable income
• Bonus programs and expense allowances
• Support for continuing education, licensing and designations e.g. Insurance license, Series 6 or 7 and Series 63 or 66 CFP®, ChFC®, RICP®, etc.
• Retirement Package and Pension Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Disability Income Insurance
• Family Planning
• and more!

* Northwestern Mutual Financial Representatives are Independent Contractors whose income is based on production. You have full control over your income.

• Life and disability insurance
• Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• Sponsorship of Licensing/Credentialing (insurance licensing, SIE, Series 6, 63, 7, designations, including CFP®)
• Multiple bonus compensation programs
• Exceptional Income Potential
• Continuous personal and professional growth