Principal Financial Group is a purpose-led firm focused on making financial security accessible to all. The Wealth Sales Associate will support sales and develop advisor relationships by handling inbound calls, answering product-related questions, and identifying new sales opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Proactive outreach to engage advisors (phone, email, meetings)
- Solve for needs across products: mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETF's, 529's, internal funds, etc
- Learn to identify new sales opportunities and providing follow up
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or 8 years of equivalent experience
- 1+ years of industry-related experience is necessary
- FINRA licensing required within 45 days of employment including SIE, Series 7, Series 63 licenses
- Requires ability to work independently
- Persuasive written and verbal communication (including telephone) skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Travel as needed to support territory or conference needs (every other month at a minimum)
- Understanding of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Separately Managed Accounts, and Mutual Funds
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness.
- Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Company Overview
Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023. It was founded in 1879, and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.principalam.com/.