Advisory Platform Sr. Specialist

Northwestern Mutual • Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

Primary responsibility is to support the growth, enhancement, and maintenance of all aspects NMWMC’s advisory platform including trading capabilities, proposal workflow, billing capabilities, investment policy violations, reporting, and integrated solutions. This role supports the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of NMWMC’s advisory technology platform, partnering with product, compliance, and technology teams to ensure a stable, compliant, and scalable advisor experience. This position must have a basic understanding of investments and advisory products as well as advisory systems and associated integrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, finance, economics or related field or equivalent experience.
• 2 plus years of experience in financial services.
• Experience with the Wealth Management or Investment industry, including product, pricing, and customer preferences.
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills, with ability to work within deadlines, prioritize work and multitask.
• Ability to build strong internal and external networks and utilize resources in the industry .
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to make effective formal presentations to small and medium size groups.
• FINRA - Non-Registered Fingerprinted. This position has been classified as an Associated Person under NMIS guidelines and requires fingerprinting and completion of required form.

Nice To Haves

• Envestnet Experience Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the Envestnet and FolioDynamix release process.
• Work with product team and other stakeholders on configuration and development backlogs.
• Responsible for supporting Wealth projects including requirements and testing.
• Responsible for the maintenance of Wealth Platforms.
• Level one resource for escalations and defect management including maintaining a defect tracker.
• Basic understanding of the strategic role IPS plays in the enterprise and how investment products integrate with insurance products.
• Basic understanding of the impact of regulatory compliance on assigned investment products and participates in project teams to implement necessary changes to products, programs or processes.
• Builds subject matter expertise working by working with the Advisory product and Advisory platform team.

Benefits

• We believe in fairness and transparency. It’s why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you’re living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.
• Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do.
• Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce.
• We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.
• At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company over 160 years ago. Today, they're just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.
• Northwestern Mutual is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We have chosen to build a diverse and inclusive workplace where talented people from all backgrounds want to be, want to stay, and want to build their future. We celebrate and support our differences for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees