Registered Principal, Ameriprise Financial Advisors

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

The Field Registered Principal (RP) is responsible for supervising the sales and suitability of the advisor’s entire book of business as outlined in the Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs). The RP must have an in-depth understanding of each advisor's practice and staff in their Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction (OSJ).

Key Responsibilities

Provide front-line supervision to an advisor’s practice while modeling exemplary leadership behaviors.
 

Proactively work with advisors to support their effort to run a compliant practice. This includes:

• Conducting and documenting ongoing 1:1 interaction

• Providing feedback and documenting observations related to the advisor’s sales activity and suitability of the advisor’s recommendations

• Inspecting registered offices under your supervision pursuant to Ameriprise Financial policy

• Administering discipline and education according to processes when appropriate

• Coaching advisors on supervisory policies and procedures

• Acting as the main resource for advisors on compliance tasks

• Validating appropriate advisor training is taking place
   

Proactively detect violations of policy or procedure through:

• Responding to corporate requests to review advisor activity

• Making client calls

• Analyzing reports and other metrics
   

As prescribed by the Written Supervisory Procedures, accurately and completely follow-up, review and sign-off or reject advisor activity.
 

Identify and provide response to issues identified by corporate business partners. This includes:

• Working with the Centralized Supervision Unit and Compliance on escalated issues

• and supervision plans

• Working with Compliance on complaints

• Working with Legal on investigations

• Resolving issues identified in field office inspections

• Complying with record keeping processes, required use of certain technology tools and systems

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial services industry and B/D regulatory rules
• 3-5 years of compliance supervisory experience
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound and impartial judgment in addressing issues with individuals s/he supervises
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated conflict management
• Ability to deliver difficult messages
• Demonstrated ability to influence
• Demonstrated advanced analysis and problem-solving skills
• Active Series 7
• Active Series 24
• Active State IAR registration (S65 or S66)
• Active State securities agent registration (S63 or S66)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of compliance supervisory experience
• Self-motivated with the ability to achieve results in an independent environment, aptitude with technology, ability to manage multiple tasks

Visa Sponsorship

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $87,400 - $110,000/ year. We have a pay-for-perf