Financial Advisor

Overview

Kellogg Community Credit Union invites qualified professionals to join our team as a Financial Advisor. The role involves promoting and explaining investment services to customers at branch offices and serving as a needs based resource for all securities related products and services. You will transmit orders on behalf of customers, relay data and investment guidance, and manage client relationships along with all investment related transactions, following well defined procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and in keeping with the company philosophy. The position also supports the organization’s total marketing concept.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate the sales process by accepting and placing securities orders
• Meet, qualify and open new accounts for customers who do not require a meeting with the Financial Advisor
• Coordinate and manage all seminars, marketing campaigns and sales literature for offices within their markets
• Develop and direct branch training and referral campaigns
• Establish all brokerage accounts, including all necessary documents required to open a brokerage account
• Cashiering – booking checks and stock certificates, including obtaining necessary legal requirements for stock certificates, into brokerage accounts
• Follow up on all outstanding paperwork
• Process journals between brokerage accounts
• Manage all communications with the corporate office to resolve problems
• Set up mutual fund periodic investment plans and systematic withdrawal plans
• Set up money movements such as ACH or EFT for trade settlements

Requirements

• College degree or equivalent business experience is required (appropriate experience may substitute for education)
• Series 7 and 63 securities licenses and State Insurance License
• 2 years of experience
• Clean U-4
• Customer relations and sales experience required
• Actual business experience required
• The ability to learn detailed requirements of the position is required
• Participation in all required compliance training, including Bank Secrecy Act / anti-money laundering training, as well as internal and external training programs, online training, meetings and seminars/conferences, etc.

Location and Availability

This role can be based in Battle Creek or Kalamazoo, Michigan, with the ability to serve the entire footprint.