Director of Client Development – Financial Planning
Mercer Advisors
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Hire, train, mentor, and develop 13 Financial Planners supporting Client Development.
- Manage planner capacity, workflow, and deadlines; create strategic plans to absorb future growth and increased demand for prospect proposals.
- Serve as a CFP® practitioner, producing prospect financial plans to support client acquisition.
- Motivate and lead the team, ensuring accountability, full capacity utilization, and high-quality output. Develop KPIs, KPI tracking, financial modeling and KPI reporting. Responsibilities involve strategy development, execution and reporting to senior management on sales driven financial outcomes. Prepare accurate financial reports and performance dashboards for management.
- Design and implement process enhancements to unlock capacity, improve efficiency, and support process improvement. Identify and implement efficiencies in automation and quality delivery of our sales process.
- Drive engagement and alignment across internal stakeholders by collaborating with senior leaders, escalating critical issues, and identifying opportunities for improvement. This role requires a highly innovative leader who can thrive within a complex, cross-matrix organization. Key responsibilities include ensuring strategic alignment, fostering shared accountability, and cultivating a culture of seamless collaboration—where teams leverage their unique expertise to achieve collective success.
Requirements
- CFP® strongly preferred. Minimum 5 years of financial planning experience and prior management experience ideal.
- Strong knowledge of eMoney; proficiency in Salesforce, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams/Zoom, PowerBI.
- Exceptional orchestration skills; outstanding written and verbal communication abilities.
- Proactive problem solver with high ownership; adept at risk identification and mitigation.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; capable of strategic thinking and execution.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required.
Benefits
- Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
- Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Three medical plans offerings including two High Deductible Health Plans and a Traditional Co-Pay medical plan.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions on a per pay period basis if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan.
- Two comprehensive Dental Plans
- Vision Insurance Plan
- Dependent Care Savings Account for child and dependent care.
- 14 Company Paid Holidays with a full week off at Thanksgiving.
- Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Family Medical Leave
- Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks)
- Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD, any supplemental STD, plus Parental Leave (6 weeks) to provide time for recovery, baby bonding, and enjoying your family time.
- Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
- Company Paid Concierge Services for you and your loved ones for the spectrum of caring needs for your aging parents, young children, life’s challenges and more.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with both Traditional and Roth plans with per pay period match
- Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial planningfinancial modelingKPI trackingKPI reportingprocess improvementautomation
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationaccountabilityinnovation
Certifications
CFP®