Advisor - Los Angeles

Brighton Jones•Los Angeles, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Brighton Jones is a purpose-driven, 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. We lead the industry in aligning wealth, passion, and purpose to help our clients thrive. With over $30 billion in assets under advisement and 300+ teammates nationwide, we’re growing fast and looking for driven, curious individuals to join our #OneTeam. The Advisor role is 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.

Requirements

4 + years of experience in financial planning, wealth management or a related industry preferred
Undergraduate degree required
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Juris Doctor (JD) required.
Baseline proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products (Word, Excel, Windows) required; expected to learn other position-related systems on the job
Organized and able to handle multiple client relationships with contending priorities and coordinate team member resources most effectively

Responsibilities

Acts as the first point of contact on client communications; strategizes with Lead Advisor to ensure responses are timely and thorough
Reviews current client portfolios and makes recommendations to clients in consultation with team; proactively considers both strategic and tactical opportunities around investments and other planning areas
Prepares comprehensive client meeting deliverables including Cash Needs Analysis, Strategic Asset Allocation, and Vocational Freedom Analysis; analyzes all client data and evaluates potential planning strategies
Provides spreadsheet analysis on an ad-hoc basis for more advanced financial topics such as tax loss harvesting, stock option and restricted stock wealth transfer strategies and risk transfer/management; maintains all record-keeping related to these activities, including cost basis and other position data via portfolio management software
Responsible for reviewing, approving, and strategizing around trades and portfolio rebalances
Attends and drives client meetings; owns the execution of post-meeting actions, in conjunction with Analysts
Leverages internal and external resources to achieve client objectives in such areas as Investment Management, Estate Planning, Tax Planning, Risk Management and General Planning; Works with Tax, Investments and Estate Planning to determine additional levels of detail required for the client's situation
Seeks out leadership roles in the team and firm projects/assignments
Trains, guides, and mentors the team on more complex planning areas and strategic intricacies of service delivery and support
Maintains all aspects of the Wealth Management Scorecard (WMS), including planning topic status, score, and last date reviewed; ensures content is accurate, timely, and reviewed periodically
Crafts client meeting agenda and determines deliverables to be presented; analyzes client data and develops strategies; collaborates with Lead Advisor to define both the client strategy and the most effective form of presentation
Prepares and finalizes all standard deliverables related to the delivery of wealth management advice based on inputs from team members; these include Cash Needs Analysis (CNA), Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA), and Vocational Freedom Analysis (VFA)
Works with Tax, Investments and Estate Planning to determine additional levels of detail required for the client's situation
Following client approval, works with team to ensure that all tactical parts of the client implementation are executed timely and accurately
Presents ideas and concepts in an organized and effective manner; attends client meetings and is expected to effectively present specific planning topics; ensures all client related action items are communicated and memorialized in the CRM
Partners with the Associate Advisor to achieve timely execution of intra-day requests with strict timeframes such as trades, wire requests, and journals; initiates these requests and is responsible for reviewing and approving them; ensures completion within specified time-frames.