Financial Advisor (Investment Funds Advisor)

Contract Position: 6 -12 months

Location: Toronto, Montreal or QC

Working Conditions: Flexible

Language: English & French

Reporting to the Director of National Branch, the Financial Advisor will have the opportunity to gain experience in wealth management. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and have an interest in progressing to becoming an independent Advisor, or other internal roles and career opportunities.

Duties include:

• Providing knowledgeable and accurate service to clients
• Ensuring client information is accurate and up to date
• Completing Know Your Client (KYC) updates, opening new accounts
• Making investment recommendations, rebalancing portfolios
• Entering client trades (purchases, switches, redemptions)
• Following up with clients on missing documentation required
• Maintaining client files and information on the appropriate systems
• Ensuring all client interaction is accurately documented
• Responding to client inquiries in a timely, responsive manner and reassign inquires where appropriate
• Resolving issues and effecting client transactions expeditiously and accurately, and escalating issues to manager when appropriate
• Understanding the required documentation for all client account types
• Daily/weekly/monthly reporting to management
• Ensuring compliance of team policies and procedures
• Reviewing and reducing all restricted accounts
• Identifying opportunities to deepen relationships within the existing client base (i.e. referrals, consolidation of assets, insurance, etc.)
• Acting as resource to internal partners and independent advisors
• Remaining up to date with all the regulatory rules and trading activities as they relate to client accounts

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years’ experience in a similar role

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal

• Pleasant telephone manner and an ability to keep client conversations on track
• Knowledge of financial instruments including mutual funds, ETFs, GICs, asset allocation.
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to take initiative and work independently
• Ability to meet deadlines and targets
• Understanding of industry and firm compliance regulations

Education and Accreditations

• Applicants must have a valid IFIC or CSC course.
• Bilingual [French] MANDATORY.
• LLQP required within first 12 months of employment (only if progressing from contract to regular full-time)
• Completion of other courses as determined by Management.