Corporate Vice President, Experienced Financial Professional Onboarding and Contracting Specialist

Location Designation: Hybrid 

 

 

When you join New York Life, you’re joining a company that values career development, collaboration, innovation, and inclusiveness. We want employees to feel proud about being part of a company that is committed to doing the right thing. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programs. New York Life is a relationship-based company and appreciates how both virtual and in-person interactions support our culture.

 

 

Overview

The Transition and Integration Team is focused on providing a first-class, white-glove transition experienced for Experienced Financial Professionals or Financial Advisors who are changing firms or Broker-Dealers and beginning a career with New York Life.  The team focuses on ensuring these Professionals (and their staff or team when applicable) have the contracts, connections, knowledge, and background to seamlessly service their clients and continue their practice while transitioning their book of business.

 

Essential Duties: This role will lead all aspects identifying all critical components of moving to a new firm and/or Broker-Dealer, creating an individualized transition plan, and providing critical support to manage logistics related to specific financial services practices.

 

• Create relationships with new rep-advisors to connect new advisors to New York Life subject matter experts to get information on their options when joining the firm including various company products, platforms, and other solutions for their business needs

• Support General Office Contracting in preparing and processing Experienced Professional contract packages to increase efficiency and to meet timelines
• Coordinate communication with New York Life Broker-Dealer and Wealth Advisory team experts to analyze rep-advisors business mix to create a specific customized transition plan and following through until the rep-advisor is released from transition and fully operational
• Coordinate with Development Managers to schedule, prepare, and administer fast track trainings to educate rep-advisors on products, services, procedures, and policies and maintain training guides to provide to rep-advisors
• Provide ‘best-in-class’ customer service related to transition and supply information as needed at request of management, company associates, and rep-advisors
• Create and utilize action plans to resolve any issues or concerns that develop during the transition process, interfacing with other departments and external sources when necessary to address questions or concerns
• Maintain and enhance working knowledge of key industry topics, internal programs, and product lines available through New York Life
• Evaluate and uphold departmental benchmarks

 

 

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• BS or BA required / MBA a +
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience
• 7-8+ years overall experience, 5+ years financial services preferred, insurance expertise a plus
• Life and Health, Series 6, 63 required; 65 or 7 and 66 a plus
• Outstanding analytic and quantitative capabilities
• Strong communication skills
• Collaborative work style and leadership presence with ability to effectively interact and earn trust of peers and senior management across the organization
• Project and process management skills including proven ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time
• Team management and development skills
• Strategic thinker
• Self-starter with a passion to deliver results and track record of success
• Subject Matter Expert to master information and language regarding all aspects of the Financial Advisor career
• Outstanding communication skills, including experience in interacting with Experienced Financial Professionals and Experienced Managers running our General Offices

 

Project leadership

• Frame and identify complex problems
• Assess areas of opportunity in line with overall strategy
• Partner with stakeholders and lead end-to-end delivery of problem solving and solutioning
• Implement key enterprise initiatives across businesses and functional areas

• Drive management of enterprise governance and communication processes
• Provide program updates and status reporting

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Salary range: $115,000-$175,000 

Overtime eligible: Exempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

 

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