Regional Director, Planning & Investments

Role Overview

• Responsible for driving financial planning engagement within the mass affluent segment.
• Manage key priorities of the financial planning practice, including advisor development, coaching, delivering superior client experience, and executing on firm’s planning engagement initiatives.
• Serve as in-house, solutions consultant, helping to educate advisors on aligning solutions to client’s goals.
• Represent assigned territory as subject matter expert on financial planning & solutions.
• Partner with KPC Regional Executive on planning engagement strategy in the region.
• Support KPC Market Leaders across the region on financial planning process.
• Attend internal regional/market meetings and events.
• Represent region as SME on financial planning with external clients.
• Partner with Planning & Advice Center (Centralized Planning) on planning tools training and advisor development.
• Participate in 1:1 coaching sessions with advisors.
• Support select client engagements.
• Work with KPC Practice Management team to execute on advisor training priorities.
• Support broader planning and advice education across the KPC segment.
• Develop and/or coordinate appropriate training materials, web site materials and vendor programs for promoting the financial planning process.
• Be the spokesperson at New Hire orientation and other training events.
• Implement initiatives that help advisors and others become users of the financial planning services.
• Assess and report on usage trends and plan quality.

Requirements

• CFP or advanced planning designation required
• Series 65 or 7 required (or must be attained within the first 180 days of employment)
• A minimum of ten years of applicable Planning experience or equivalent.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• Sales experience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong customer focus
• Ability to work as a team member
• Working knowledge of investment/securities.

Benefits

• Eligibility for incentive compensation which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives.
• Key has implemented an approach to employee workspaces which prioritizes in-office presence, while providing flexible options in circumstances where roles can be performed effectively in a mobile environment.