Sr. Associate, Financial Advisor
SantanderAbout the role
It Starts Here:
Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry and is evolving from a high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey and together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.
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The Difference You Make:
The Senior Associate Investment Advisor is an experienced, client-facing Financial Advisor responsible for delivering investment advice, growing client relationships, and generating investment revenue across both brokerage and Managed Account / advisory platforms.
What You Bring:
- Serve as a senior investment advisor to clients and prospects, providing advice across advisory and brokerage solutions.
- Conduct comprehensive client discovery to assess investment objectives, financial profile, risk tolerance, liquidity needs, income needs, time horizon, tax considerations, investment experience, and product preferences.
- Recommend appropriate investment strategies, products, and account structures based on client needs and applicable regulatory standards.
- Deliver portfolio reviews, investment proposals, market updates, and product-specific recommendations.
- Help clients understand the differences between advisory and brokerage relationships, including fees, discretion, service model, product access, conflicts, and regulatory obligations.
- Maintain ongoing client engagement to review portfolio positioning, market developments, risk exposure, and changes in client circumstances.
- Grow investment assets, advisory AUM, brokerage revenue, and overall client penetration.
- Develop and manage a disciplined pipeline of client and prospect opportunities.
- Partner with Private Bankers, Relationship Managers, and other referral sources to identify and convert investment opportunities.
- Deepen existing relationships by identifying unmet investment needs and recommending appropriate solutions.
- Support client acquisition and retention through strong investment expertise, relationship management, and execution follow-through.
- Meet or exceed assigned goals related to revenue, AUM growth, client activity, referrals, and business development.
- Advise clients on Managed Account solutions, including UMA, SMA, model portfolios, mutual fund advisory programs, ETF portfolios, and third-party manager strategies.
- Position advisory solutions for clients seeking ongoing portfolio management, asset allocation, rebalancing, professional management, and fee-based advice.
- Assist clients in selecting appropriate advisory programs, investment models, managers, strategies, and risk profiles.
- Review advisory relationships periodically to ensure continued alignment with client objectives, risk tolerance, and financial circumstances.
- Support advisory growth by transitioning clients into Managed Account solutions where appropriate and in the client’s best interest.
- Advise clients on brokerage produ
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