Title: Financial Planning Associate
Location: Downers Grove, IL

An entry level support role assisting financial advisors, associate advisors and their teams in helping clients achieve their personal financial goals and objectives.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Personal Financial Planning, Finance, Accounting, or Business
• Basic knowledge of financial planning terms and concepts
• Proficient in basic computer skills and Microsoft Office
• Prior work experience in a financial services environment preferred

Essential Functions:

• Actively participates in all training provided and completes assigned work
• Prepares personal financial statements, schedules, and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information as needed for clients
• Prepares / updates retirement planning and or cash flow schedules
• Updates and monitors asset allocation schedules
• Ability to research different planning, investment, and tax issues
• Prepares and completes personal income tax returns by tax filing deadlines
• Utilizes BNA software to prepare personal income tax projections throughout the year. Updates and communicates results of tax projections quarterly to verify individual estimated tax requirements
• Prints and assembles client meeting material
• Maintains, assigns, and updates task list with detailed information and follow up
• Communicates effectively with team members, Practice Manager(s) and Advisor(s) on on-going basis
• Attends, participates, and adds value in staff and PA meetings by sharing ideas with the group and collaborating with others to bring the staff together
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing results as needed, including special projects
• Complies with strict company and SEC rules / guidelines including daily completion and timely submission of timesheets and time clock, if required
• Prepares routine correspondence

Financial Planning Associate – Non-Exempt (Continued)

• Organizes and maintains a variety of files, records, and databases
• Fields phone calls from clients and external business partners
• Responds timely to client and internal requests for information
• Additional duties, responsibilities, requirements, and activities as requested

Nonessential Functions:

• Make copies of client materials as needed
• Image client meeting materials
• Supply beverages in client meetings as needed
• Provide backup for receptionist, as needed

Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ethical conduct
• Professional demeanor
• Computer proficiency
• Able to be proactive
• Ability to follow direction
• Time management and ability to organize/manage multiple deadline-oriented projects
• Ability to exercise good judgement
• Strong team player; as well as possess the ability to work independently
• Problem solving / analysis
• Able to apply knowledge from past tasks to current situations
• Attention to detail; accuracy with figures; data input
• Knowledge of financial planning terms. investments, and familiarity with brokerage statements
• Interest in all aspects of personal financial planning, tax and estate planning
• Flexibility / Dependability

JMG is an equal opportunity employer. www.jmgfinancial.com