Senior Advisor, Supervision- Annuities and Insurance (Remote Option Available)

The Traditional Product team oversees annuity and insurance transaction for Branch Managers as well as Financial Advisors based on certain risk criteria. The team also conducts certain back-end exception reviews. The team conducts analysis as part of complex suitability reviews to determine the suitability of the transactions in accordance with industry regulation and firm guidelines. In addition, the team detect trends, and trading patterns to ensure adherence to securities industry regulations and limit firm liability.

The Senior Advisor of the Annuity and Insurance Products review team uses extensive knowledge and skills obtained through education, experience, specialized training and/or certification to administer and analyze complex suitability reviews to detect trends, trading patterns and possible rules violations to ensure adherence to securities industry regulations. Works independently on difficult assignments that are broad in nature requiring originality and ingenuity and provides comprehensive solutions to complex problems. Leads defined work or projects of moderate scope and complexity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Monitors the sales practice activities of branch managers through the use of various reports and systems.
• Pro-actively ensures compliance with applicable industry rules (i.e. State, FINRA & SEC) and platform policies and procedures as they apply to account trading activity of branch managers clients’ accounts by monitoring branch manager activity, reporting findings and managing concerns in a professional and educational manner.
• Interfaces with specific business platform sales management associates, other supervision associates and compliance associates, to inform them of any supervisory concerns that may arise with branch office managers and work together with them to address these concerns as well as to resolve any conflicts that may arise related to client accounts of the branch managers.
• Monitors and keeps up to date with securities/advisory regulations and applies them accordingly.
• Monitors and keeps up to date with the annuity and insurance offerings at the Firm in applies this knowledge in making appropriate suitability determinations.
• Assists in educating branch managers/financial advisors and branch associates regarding the Firms guidelines as it relates to the sale of annuity and insurance products including replacements.
• Interprets, applies and recommends changes to organizational policies and procedures.
• May implement and enforce policies and procedures for all business platform branch office locations not currently staffed with a licensed and qualified branch manager by serving at the designated manager of these OSJ locations until properly staffed. Consults independently with branch managers and recommends actions to ensure compliance with existing rules and regulations as well as prevent potential liability.
• May consult independently with branch managers and recommend actions to ensure compliance with existing rules and regulations as well as prevent potential liability.
• May assist his or her direct manager and the leadership team within Traditional Product Supervision in analyzing and resolving items escalated from the team or the branches.
• May assist in answering inquiries from compliance, other areas of Supervision as well as various departments across the Firm as it relates to annuity and insurance activity for advisors or branches.
• Uses financial data and performance indicators to propose and/or assist with establishing control mechanisms and other improvement initiatives. Identifies trends and assists with implementing corrective action as necessary.
• May assist new OSJ branch managers to assume their duties upon affiliation with the business platform through the following activities:
• Reviewing platform policies and procedures related to branch office management.
• Assisting new managers in learning to use the SAS and FA Books systems as supervisory tools.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Company’s working structure, policies, mission, and strategies.
• General office practices, procedures, and methods.
• Concepts, practices and procedures of securities industry and/or banking compliance, including suitability and other compliance issues involved with retail activity.
• Principles of banking, finance, and securities industry operations
• Rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); and state securities regulatory agencies; and/or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) sufficient to perform the functions of this job.

Skill in:
• Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Detail orientation to ensure the regulatory liability is limited, without impairing workflow.
• Utilizing business-appropriate phone manners.

Ability to:
• Organize, prioritize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments, including those delegated, to complete work efficiently.
• Independently manage and complete multiple projects and tasks; work independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Use appropriate interpersonal styles and communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.
• Work effectively with Financial Advisors as their sales supervisor and enforce company policies and procedures as necessary.
• Establish and communicate clear directions and priorities.
• Provide a high level of customer service.

Educational/Previous Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A) in a related discipline and a minimum of five (5) years of experience in Supervision and/or the financial services industry.
• ~or~
• An equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training.

Licenses/Certifications:
• Appropriate series license(s) for assigned functional area preferred or the ability to obtain within an established timeframe.
o SIE required provided that an exemption or grandfathering cannot be applied.o Required to have Series 7, 24 and 63, Series 66 can be used in lieu of the 63o Series 9 and 10 can be used as an equivalent to the 24
• State Insurance License in which candidate resides required
• Additional licenses/certifications demonstrating the candidate’s knowledge/expertise in industry regulation and concepts preferred.

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