Portfolio Consultant

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Portfolio Consultant supporting Mercer Advisors’ financial planning and wealth management services. Consulting on portfolio strategies, implementations, investment deliverables, and advisor support.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive investment management services for Wealth Advisors
  • Serve as a main point of contact for investment and portfolio management
  • Consult with Advisors on portfolio strategy and objectives
  • Ensure accurate completion of investment implementations
  • Support newly acquired firms assimilating to the investment platform and models
  • Develop investment deliverables for prospective clients to support organic growth
  • Collaborate with Wealth Advisors, Operations, Portfolio Management, Compliance, and Trading departments
  • Communicate investment philosophy and available investment strategies
  • Provide proactive, timely status updates on portfolio implementations
  • Deliver investment strategies and implementations for Wealth Advisor Teams
  • Lead presentations on investment topics
  • Support new Portfolio Consultants in developing investment platform competencies
  • Apply knowledge of capital markets and portfolio design and management
  • Match Advisor implementation goals with available investment strategies
  • Work with complex investment vehicles, models, and platforms, including public and private markets
  • Draft, support, and audit analytics, proposals, and deliverables
  • Troubleshoot portfolio inquiries and coordinate process improvements
  • Manage standardized workflows and investment processes
  • Manage concurrent portfolio implementations to meet or exceed Service Level Agreements
  • Audit implementations against target portfolio objectives
  • Lead training for new hires

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution preferred, preferably Business, Economics, Psychology, or Finance related
  • CFP® and/or Series 65 required
  • CFA or advanced degree preferred
  • Minimum 3 years of financial industry related experience
  • Working knowledge of Orion and Morningstar preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, including advanced data analytics, preferred
  • Strong problem-solving experience and skills
  • Excellent analytical and organizational skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and highly collaborative approach
  • Organized and detail oriented
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks
  • Availability during Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM standard business hours, with occasional early or late hours
  • Dedicated home office workspace free of interruptions or professional office environment
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Benefits:

  • Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
  • Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Three Cigna medical plans, including two High Deductible Health Plans and a Traditional Co-Pay medical plan
  • Kaiser Medical plans available in California
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan
  • Two comprehensive Dental Plans
  • Vision Insurance Plan
  • Dependent Care Savings Account for child and dependent care
  • 14 Company Paid Holidays including a full week off at Thanksgiving
  • Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • Family Medical Leave
  • Paid Parental Leave (8 weeks)
  • Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD, supplemental STD, and Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
  • Company Paid Concierge Services
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with Traditional and Roth plans, per-pay-period match, and after-tax option
  • Pet Insurance
  • Personalized financial planning and guidance at preferred employee pricing
  • Incentive compensation eligibility